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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/26] KVM: PPC: PV mtmsrd L=0 and mtmsr
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:03:08 +0200
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> There is also a form of mtmsr where all bits need to be addressed.  
> While the
> PPC64 Linux kernel behaves resonably well here, the PPC32 one never  
> uses the
> L=1 form but does mtmsr even for simple things like only changing EE.

You make it sound like the 32-bit kernel does something stupid, while
there is no other choice.  The "L=1" thing only exists for 64-bit.


Segher