(2012/01/09 1:35), Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> The movdqa instruction performs a 128-bit vector move and requires that
> operands are aligned in memory. Unlike the movdqu instruction, a #GP is
> raised if operands are unaligned.
>
> This patch does not exercise misalignment because the CPU detects
> misalignment while still inside the guest and raises #GP. The emulator
> will therefore never meet unaligned movdqa instructions.
>
> Also change "read"/"write" to "store"/"load" to make it obvious whether
> the test transfers to or from memory. Previous usage of "read" and
> "write" was misleading.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi<[email protected]>
> ---
> This test is expected to fail until a patch is merged that implements the
> missing movdqa instruction.
>
What is the status of Stefan's work?
Takuya
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