Re: [PATCH] rdmsr_on_cpu, wrmsr_on_cpu

[Andi Kleen]

> HOWEVER -- and this is where things get gnarly -- the CPUID and MSR
> drivers would really like to be able to execute CPUID, WRMSR and RDMSR
> with the entire GPR register set (except the stack pointer) pre-set and
> post-captured, since it's highly likely that there are going to be
> nonstandard MSRs and CPUID levels (already witness Intel breaking the
> CPUID architecture by introducing %ecx dependencies.)

That looks like such a specialized requirement that I would suggest 
you keep that in the drivers. The interface for most users would be just
too ugly

-Andi

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