From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] x86 MTRR access dumping
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:26:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4928B135.9020508@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4927288D.3050707@gmx.net>
On 21.11.2008 22:30, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> Some x86 BIOS and lots of x86 operating systems use MSRs not currently
> implemented in Qemu. The most notable unimplemented MSRs are the MTRRs
> (Memory Type Range Registers). This patch against latest svn dumps any
> accesses to unhandled MSRs and decodes the MTRR accesses.
>
> I used this code to check MTRR accesses of coreboot (a replacement
> firmware for x86 BIOS) inside qemu and the patch works fine.
>
> Of course, writing these MTRRs should be persistent, so their state
> needs to be saved somehow.
>
> I thought I'd post my current code and ask for comments before I continue.
> Any comments on coding style, technical restrictions and other stuff are
> appreciated.
>
Sample output from a recent ReactOS boot:
Unhandled MSR 0x0000008b was written: 0x0000000000000000
Unhandled MSR 0x0000008b was read
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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http://www.hailfinger.org/
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2008-11-21 21:30 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] x86 MTRR access dumping Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
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