Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Move VMX MSRs to msr-index.h

[Yang, Sheng]

On Wednesday 10 September 2008 22:30:15 Avi Kivity wrote:
> Yang, Sheng wrote:
> > On Tuesday 09 September 2008 21:47:03 Avi Kivity wrote:
> >> Sheng Yang wrote:
> >>> They are hardware specific MSRs, and we would use them in
> >>> virtualization feature detection later.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -
> >>> -#define MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL                0x3a
> >>>  #define MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED         0x1
> >>>  #define MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED  0x
> >>
> >> Might as well move these two bitmask definitions.
> >
> > Um... I think it's better to leave them here, for the
> > MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL is a MSR which can be put into msr-index.h, but
> > the others are only bits of MSR...
>
> The EFER bits are in msr-index.h, and I think the msr index in one file
> and the bits in another detract from clarity.

I agree now, sorry for miss that... 

Would post another patch(es) to do this clean up...

-- 
regards
Yang, Sheng
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