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IBM Novell 10 SP1 EAL4 User Manual

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0 The processor is not in hypervisor state.

1 If MSRPR= 0 the processor is in hypervisor state; otherwise, the processor is not in hypervisor
state.

The hypervisor takes the value of 1 for hypervisor mode and 0 for user and supervisor mode. The following
table describes the privilege state of the processor as determined by MSR [HV] and MSR [PR] as follows:
HV

PR

Privilege State

0

0

privileged(supervisor mode)

0

1

problem (user mode)

1

0

privileged and hypervisor

1

1

Problem(user mode)

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