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

[Alexander Graf]

Am 26.06.2010 um 19:03 schrieb Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org 
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>> 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.

Oh, so that's why :). That doesn't really change the fact that it's  
very hard to distinguish between a mtmsr that only changes MSR_EE vs  
one that changes MSR_IR for example :).

Alex

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