> 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/