Nakajima, Jun wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> I'd also like to add a read-only memory type so that apic reads can
>> proceed natively rather than be emulated (the TODO has this now).
>>     
>
> I don't understand how this can work. 

You're right - it can't.  I thought all read accesses are static and 
side-effect-free, but reading the timer is not static.

> Instead, we should use the
> hardware-based virtualization for the local APIC.
>   

Can you point me at documentation for that?  What I have only mentions 
tpr/cr8 shadow, but not much else.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to 
panic.


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