[PATCH 24/26] KVM: PPC: PV mtmsrd L=0 and mtmsr

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Sun Jun 27 03:03:08 EST 2010


> There is also a form of mtmsr where all bits need to be addressed.  
> While the
> PPC64 Linux kernel behaves resonably well here, the PPC32 one never  
> uses the
> L=1 form but does mtmsr even for simple things like only changing EE.

You make it sound like the 32-bit kernel does something stupid, while
there is no other choice.  The "L=1" thing only exists for 64-bit.


Segher



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