linux-kernel - Re: [git-pull -tip] x86: msr architecture debug code

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Message-Id: <1236262346.2527.3.camel@ht.satnam>
Date:	Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:42:26 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
To:	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git-pull -tip] x86: msr architecture debug code

On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 14:54 +0100, Andreas Herrmann wrote:

> All nice suggestions but why in-kernel?
> 

In Kernel Space:

We can read/write MSRs and can change the bits and see it effect without
writing any code.

And we can also dump these value if something goes wrong in thats
sections for kernel that's why I am also using printk.

Thanks,
--
JSR



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