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From: Ed White <edmund.h.white@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Alternate p2m: support multiple
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:31:59 -0800
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On 01/15/2015 02:39 AM, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
>> There are ways of avoiding the
>> single-step too, although I don't think that falls within the scope
>> of this conversation.
>>
>> Ed
> 
> I would be very interested in knowing how we can avoid the singlestep
> phase. Are you envisioning using this with a split-TLB? IMHO this is a
> pretty critical component of effectively using the new feature so
> should be within scope of this discussion.
> 

It's an optimization certainly, but it's not required, and it's not
a technique we have placed in the public domain. You could try talking
to us under NDA or figure it out for yourself, but I can't detail
it here.

Ed