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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:58:09 +1000
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Jimi Xenidis <jimix@watson.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't access HID registers if running on a Hypervisor.
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Jimi Xenidis writes:

> The following patch avoids accessing Hypervisor privilege HID
> registers when running on a Hypervisor (MSR[HV]=0).

Why?  Aren't the writes defined to be no-ops when not in hypervisor
mode?

Paul.