From:   "Li, Xin3" <xin3.li@intel.com>
To:     Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>,
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Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH v5 0/2] sysret_rip update for the Intel FRED
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Thread-Topic: [RFC PATCH v5 0/2] sysret_rip update for the Intel FRED
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Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:48:01 +0000
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> > > Would it be better to get this patch set merged first?
> > >
> > > Otherwise surely I will include it in the FRED patch set.
> >
> > If the maintainers are ok with it, it would be better to merge it
> > sooner: once we have agreed on the semantics, which I believe we have,
> > we should be testing those semantics and nothing else.
>=20
> OK, let's keep this patchset separated from the FRED support patchset.

Thanks!

This patch set first makes the R11/RCX semantics clearer, and it BTW fixes
FRED tests.

To me it's more of an improvement to the existing code.