Re: [PATCH] Add Documentation/kvm/msr.txt

[Avi Kivity]

On 05/27/2010 07:02 PM, Glauber Costa wrote:
> > > +
> > > +Custom MSR list
> > > +--------
> > > +
> > > +The current supported Custom MSR list is:
> > > +
> > > +MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK:  0x11
> > > +
> > > +	data: physical address of a memory area.
> > >        
> > Which must be in guest RAM (i.e., don't point it somewhere random
> > and expect the hypervisor to allocate it for you).
> >
> > Must be aligned to 4 bytes (we don't enforce it though).
> >      
> I don't see the reason for it.
>    

Insurance.

> If this is a requirement, our own implementation
> is failing to meet it.
>    

How are we failing to meet it?  All guests align to at least four bytes.

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