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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [GIT PULL] xen /proc/mtrr implementation
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> - or introduce its own hypercall API based administration API,
>   without bothering the guest kernel with crap. Trivially patch Xorg
>   to make use of it and that's it.

PCI pass through mixed with that isn't going to be fun and PCI pass
through is one area where a lot of the MTRR manipulation is meaningful
and valid (and can be handled for the guest).

I really don't see why rd/wrmsr processing isn't sufficient for this

Alan