As usual, we need to mangle segment registers when emulating real mode as vm86 has specific constraints. We special case the reset segment base, and set the "access rights" (or descriptor flags) to vm86 comaptible values.
This fixes reboot on vmx. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/kvm/vmx.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c index 027a962..578dff5 100644 --- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c @@ -864,7 +864,14 @@ static void vmx_set_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, vmcs_writel(sf->base, var->base); vmcs_write32(sf->limit, var->limit); vmcs_write16(sf->selector, var->selector); - if (var->unusable) + if (vcpu->rmode.active && var->s) { + /* + * Hack real-mode segments into vm86 compatibility. + */ + if (var->base == 0xffff0000 && var->selector == 0xf000) + vmcs_writel(sf->base, 0xf0000); + ar = 0xf3; + } else if (var->unusable) ar = 1 << 16; else { ar = var->type & 15; -- 1.5.0.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel