Re: [PATCH 10/18] KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability

2013-05-30 Thread David Daney
On 05/28/2013 09:34 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il 19/05/2013 07:47, Sanjay Lal ha scritto: - Add API to allow clients (QEMU etc.) to check whether the H/W supports the MIPS VZ-ASE. Why does this matter to userspace? Do the userspace have some way to detect if the kernel is unmodified or

Re: [PATCH 10/18] KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability

2013-05-30 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 30/05/2013 19:07, David Daney ha scritto: On 05/28/2013 09:34 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il 19/05/2013 07:47, Sanjay Lal ha scritto: - Add API to allow clients (QEMU etc.) to check whether the H/W supports the MIPS VZ-ASE. Why does this matter to userspace? Do the userspace have some

Re: [PATCH 10/18] KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability

2013-05-30 Thread Sanjay Lal
On May 30, 2013, at 10:07 AM, David Daney wrote: On 05/28/2013 09:34 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il 19/05/2013 07:47, Sanjay Lal ha scritto: - Add API to allow clients (QEMU etc.) to check whether the H/W supports the MIPS VZ-ASE. Why does this matter to userspace? Do the userspace have

Re: [PATCH 10/18] KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability

2013-05-30 Thread David Daney
On 05/30/2013 10:51 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il 30/05/2013 19:07, David Daney ha scritto: On 05/28/2013 09:34 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il 19/05/2013 07:47, Sanjay Lal ha scritto: - Add API to allow clients (QEMU etc.) to check whether the H/W supports the MIPS VZ-ASE. Why does this

Re: [PATCH 10/18] KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability

2013-05-28 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 19/05/2013 07:47, Sanjay Lal ha scritto: - Add API to allow clients (QEMU etc.) to check whether the H/W supports the MIPS VZ-ASE. Why does this matter to userspace? Do the userspace have some way to detect if the kernel is unmodified or minimally-modified? Paolo Signed-off-by: Sanjay

[PATCH 10/18] KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability

2013-05-18 Thread Sanjay Lal
- Add API to allow clients (QEMU etc.) to check whether the H/W supports the MIPS VZ-ASE. Signed-off-by: Sanjay Lal sanj...@kymasys.com --- include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h index a5c86fc..5889e976