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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Xen PV-on-HVM guest support (v2)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:11:28 +0200
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   Hi,

> Is the msr number really variable? Isn't it an ABI?

Yes, it is variable.  The guests gets the msr number via cpuid ...

> Do we need support for reading the msr?

I don't think so.

cheers,
   Gerd