Re: KVM & VMX root mode

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Sander van Leeuwen wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> Sander van Leeuwen wrote:
>>     
>>> You may want to reconsider as KVM breaks VMWare server 1.3 on 64 bits 
>>> linux hosts as well. In exactly the same way
>>> as it breaks VirtualBox.
>>>
>>> We have tried this ourselves and others have reported the same:
>>> - http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=718184
>>> - http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2007-June/msg02501.html
>>>
>>>       
>> This is unsurprising.  But I believe the same solution (rmmod 
>> kvm-intel) will work for VMware as well as for VirtualBox, or anything 
>> else that wants to use VT.
>>
>> Can you explain what is wrong with it?  It is simple, requires no 
>> kernel changes, and has no present and potential future performance 
>> impact.  It will work on all kernel versions, unlike any change you 
>> may wish us to make.
>>
>>     
> This was just an added note. More meant for distribution maintainers who 
> feel it is necessary to activate KVM by default.
>   

Well, you still haven't explained what is wrong with my proposal.  Can 
we make some progress instead of walking in circles?

-- 
Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature.


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