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From: Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Allow ARAT CPU feature
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 09:37:37 +0800
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On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 03:24:05PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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> On 24/05/2015 17:22, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> > 
> > There is no reason to deny this feature to guests. We are
> > emulating the APIC timer, thus are exposing it without stops in
> > power-saving states.
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> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> 
> Thanks, looks good.
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What's the motivation of exposing ARAT to guests?

Thanks
-Yong