From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ram Pai Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:06:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] KVM: PPC: Paravirtualize KVM to support Ultravisor Message-Id: <20190122160644.GN6360@ram.ibm.com> List-Id: References: <1548172784-27414-1-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <1548172784-27414-1-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 07:59:31AM -0800, Ram Pai wrote: > Power9 supports a new feature called Protected Execution Facility; also > known as Secure Memory Facility. > > This feature enables a higher privileged execution mode called Ultravisor mode. > When enabled, Hypervisor can access some system resources only through > Ultravisor using ucalls. Paravirtualize the hypervisor to use the services of > the Ultravisor. The PEF along with the Paravirtualized hypervisor and the > Ultravisor, enables Secure Virtual Machines. Forgot to add RFC tag to these patches. Yes, requesting your comments. Thanks, RP