Re: [PATCH] x86: emulate read/write access to cr8

["Joerg Roedel" <joerg.roedel-5C7GfCeVMHo@public.gmane.org>]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:51:49PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
> >Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >  
> >>From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel-Ug2OvFXVNAT2eFz/2MeuCQ@public.gmane.org>
> >>
> >>This patch adds code to emulate the access to the cr8 register to the x86
> >>instruction emulator in kvm.
> >>
> >>      
> >
> >I wrote a unit test for 'mov cr8', and it passes!
> >
> >Seems we aren't trapping cr8 access at all for svm.
> >
> >  
> 
> Okay, I added mov cr8 trapping to svm.c.

I have cr8 access intercepted here, but this is not sufficient for
getting Vista 64bit running. Therefore I have not sent the patch yet.

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