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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Definiation of Intel Architecture Instruction Set (new version), and MPX enable



Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> "Liu, Jinsong" <jinsong.liu@xxxxxxxxx> 11/21/13 3:13 PM >>> Ping?
> 
> I'm sorry, you sent this two days ago. How fast a response do you
> expect (even more so that quite likely only the first patch would be
> acceptable now that we're in code freeze mode)? If there was no
> response after a week, or if you were fixing a critical bug, I'd
> understand you pinging... 
> 

Oh, it's me who should be sorry (in fact you always feedback _very_ fast).
I just want MPX feature catch up with 4.4 so ping for it some fast :)
Now I know 4.4 code freezen so I revoke my ping.

Thanks,
Jinsong

> 
> Liu, Jinsong wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Intel has released new version of Intel Architecture Instruction Set
>> Extensions Programming Reference, add new features like AVX-512,
>> MPX, etc. refer
>> http://download-software.intel.com/sites/default/files/319433-015.pdf
>> 
>> These patch set add definiation of the new features, and enable MPX.
>> It based on Jan's patch and my ex-colleague Xudong's patch: Patch 1/5
>> fix a bug of current Xen xsave;
>> Patch 2/5 adds definiation of these new instruction set extension. It
>> also adjusts valid xcr0 checking;
>> Patch 3/5 handle MPX IA32_BNDCFGS msr;
>> Patch 4/5 expose MPX feature to HVM guest;
>> Patch 5/5 enable MPX feature to HVM guest;
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jinsong
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