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Should we add an register abstraction? How should it work with and ?
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Description
Should there be a common abstraction? Some way to traverse the two formats of XSAVE data?
(This issue was split out from https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64/issues/262#issue-911312861, which will be closed once #446 is merged.)
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No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading the linked discussion in issue #262 and the status of #446; determine whether the proposed abstraction is still needed. Done means an agreed design for traversing both XSAVE data formats, with its scope and integration points documented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 18/100