[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] support protected mode mmio with non-zero CS base
>>> Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 22.11.06 12:44 >>> >On 22/11/06 11:24, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Yes, but it's also possibly incorrect if the machine is in "big >>> realmode", which is an entirely valid way to run code in x86 processors, >>> and I think it's better to fix it "properly" than to have to fix it >>> again when someone finds another fault in the code, because someone >>> wrote some code differently. >> >> I meanwhile got convinced by Keir that this is indeed the better way. > >Actually I disagree with you, but the patch was a strict improvement so I Maybe a mere misunderstanding - I meant to say that I got convinced to have no real mode specific code there (and I changed my internal patch, which got meanwhile extended quite a bit [will post later once I tested VMX], accordingly). >checked it in as-is. But the realmode-specific path will go away in a future >patch, I'm quite sure. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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