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From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: IOAPIC: only access APIC registers one dword
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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:56:20 +0800
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Avi Kivity wrote:

> 
>>> There might be guests that use incorrect access despite the
>>> documentation; if real hardware supports it, it should work.  So we need
>>> to start with just a warning, and allow the access.  Later we can drop
>>> the invalid access.
>>>      
>> If the OS contravene the spec, i thinks it's the OS's bug, also, i
>> have tested some versions
>> windows/linux guests, it's no broken, can we directly drop the other
>> wide access?
>>    
> 
> Well, there's the spec and there's real life, but in this case we can
> try and if we see a problem we'll re-add the other access length.
> 

OK, i'll do it as your suggestion, thanks.