linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] paravirt: rename paravirt_enabled to paravirt

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Message-ID: <56B8BE58.6070003@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 11:12:08 -0500
From:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, david.e.box@...el.com,
	Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, qiuxishi@...wei.com,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, Xen Devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
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	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] paravirt: rename paravirt_enabled to
 paravirt_legacy



On 02/08/2016 11:05 AM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>
> For compatibility with other virtualisation specs, Xen's cpuid leaves
> shift depending on configuration.
>
> Spec at
> http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h;h=d709340f18d089560b959835eabb7b6609542c7e;hb=HEAD#l33
>
> Basically, they are either at 0x40000000, or 0x40000100 if viridian or
> vmware compatibility has been enabled.

(Also in arch/x86/include/asm/xen/cpuid.h in Linux tree).

-boris