On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:52:21PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: > Hi list, > > I really do like KVM and would love to make using it a complete no- > brainer user experience. For the average user, loading a kernel module > (and unloading it) isn't really one of the most common tasks. > > So I was considering to automatically load kvm-intel and kvm-amd on > bootup, when the CPU has a CPUID flag. Unfortunately it doesn't work > that easily. VMX enters Root mode, setting a page to use for the VMCS. > KVM sets up this page when the kvm-intel module gets loaded. This > means, as soon as kvm-intel is modprobe'd, vmware, virtual box, > parallels and the like are screwed. > From a distribution perspective, this isn't exactly an ideal situation. > > So I was thinking hard on what to do to circumvent this problem and > came up with several approaches:
If you want to allow parallel execution of different hypervisors at the same time you have a similar problem with SVM because you don't know which hypervisor uses which ASID. Joerg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
