Re: [PATCH] Add microcode patch level dummy

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Alexander Graf wrote:
> VMware ESX checks if the microcode level is correct when using a barcelona CPU, in
> order to see if it actually can use SVM. Let's tell it we're on the safe side...
>   

Sounds like you're able to boot ESX?  Are you able to run a guest yet?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index f53be7e..3f88416 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -1928,6 +1928,9 @@ static int svm_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned ecx, u64 *data)
>  	case MSR_VM_CR:
>  		*data = 0;
>  		break;
> +	case MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV:
> +		*data = 0x01000065;
> +		break;
>  	default:
>  		return kvm_get_msr_common(vcpu, ecx, data);
>  	}
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