https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54471
--- Comment #1 from Anonymous Emailer <[email protected]> 2013-02-25 14:29:08 --- Reply-To: [email protected] On 2013-02-25 15:04, [email protected] wrote: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54471 > > Summary: nVMX: TRUE* MSRs unnecessary > Product: Virtualization > Version: unspecified > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: enhancement > Priority: P1 > Component: kvm > AssignedTo: [email protected] > ReportedBy: [email protected] > Regression: No > > > According to the spec, the TRUE* MSRs are only necessary if bit 55 of > VMX_BASIC > is on. Since we don't set this bit, we don't need to provide these MSRs... > So probably we shouldn't. I tend to say we should (i.e. set bit 55) as there is the risk that buggy guests could needlessly get confused when we expose very recent features (like EPT) and do not provide such "old-fashioned" stuff. Jan -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- 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
