Re: Re: [PATCH] AMD OSVW (OS Visible Workaround) for Xen

[Wei Huang <wei.huang2@amd.com>]

Thanks very much. I don't think 4.0.1 needs this patch.

-Wei

Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 01/07/2010 20:17, "Wei Huang" <wei.huang2@amd.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> This path enables AMD OSVW (OS Visible Workaround) feature for Xen. New
>> AMD errata will have a OSVW id assigned in the future. OS is supposed to
>> check OSVW status MSR to find out whether CPU has a specific erratum.
>> Legacy errata are also supported in this patch: traditional
>> family/model/stepping approach will be used if OSVW feature isn't
>> applicable.  This patch is adapted from Hans Rosenfeld's patch submitted
>> to Linux kernel .
>>     
>
> Applied to xen-unstable. Is this for 4.0.1 also? It is a big patch and it
> doesn't say it actually fixes any issues...
>
>  -- Keir
>
>   
>> Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@amd.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Hans Rosenfeld <hands.rosenfeld@amd.com>
>> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
>>
>>     
>
>
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