Re: port-amd64/42597: LAPIC MSR address mask 4 bits short

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:40:01AM +0000, murray%river-styx.org@localhost wrote:
>  #      define  LAPIC_MSR_ENABLE        0x00000800      /* software enable */
> -#      define  LAPIC_MSR_ADDR          0xfffff000      /* physical address */
> +#      define  LAPIC_MSR_ADDR          0xffffff000     /* physical address */

That value is out of range for an integer constant.
I'd have to read the docs, but aren't the MSRs accessed using special
instructions - do that have > 32 bits physical address, especially on i386?

        David

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