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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v12 08/21] pvh: vmx-specific changes



>>> On 13.09.13 at 18:38, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 13/09/13 17:25, George Dunlap wrote:
>> +    /* PVH: Why is ET not set? */
>> +    v->arch.hvm_vcpu.guest_cr[0] = is_pvh_domain(d) ?
>> +        ( X86_CR0_PG | X86_CR0_NE | X86_CR0_PE | X86_CR0_WP )
>> +        : ( X86_CR0_PE | X86_CR0_ET );
> 
> I also couldn't figure out why CR0_ET wasn't set for PVH vms; is it not 
> set for PV vms?

This one's certainly wrong - it shouldn't even be possible to clear
CR0.ET in hardware on anything post-486 (i.e. trying to clear it
would be silently ignored by the hardware, and not setting it in
the code above is merely confusing, but not actively breaking
anything).

Jan


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