On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:14:13 -0500 Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Guillaume Thouvenin wrote: > > On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:05:06 -0500 > > Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Perhaps a viable way to fix this upstream would be to catch the vmentry > >> failure, look to see if SS.CPL != CS.CPL, and if so, invoke > >> x86_emulate() in a loop until SS.CPL == CS.CPL. > >> > > > > I tried this solution some time ago but unfortunately x86_emulate() > > failed. I suspected a problem with guest EIP that could different > > between the vmentry catch and the emulation. I will rebase my patch and > > post them on the mailing list. > > > > x86 emulate is missing support for jmp far which is used to switch into > protected mode. It just needs to be added. Ok I see. I understand now why you said in a previous email that KVM needs to have a proper load_seg() function like the Xen's x86_emulate. This function is used to load the segment in a far jmp. I will look how it is done in Xen and I will try to copy the stuff like you did. Regards, Guillaume ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
