hi :)
the i386 msr driver is a bit strange:
* when reading/writing, it does not update the file position/msr register
* file position is used directly as msr register
that is, reads with count>8 do read from the same register multiple
times, and writes overwrite themselves.
i would expect the following semantics:
* file position is (msr register * 8). position%8!=0 is invalid
* read/write updating file position.
that would make it possible to write/read multiple MSRs with one
syscall, which is very handy when initializing P4 performance counters.
should i implement that behaviour?
of course it would break binary compatibility with existing
uses of that drivers.
perhaps we would need a new location for the new api.
comments?
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