Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Add phenom CPU descriptor

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Laurent Vivier wrote:
> Le mardi 27 janvier 2009 à 08:37 -0600, Anthony Liguori a écrit :
>   
>> Alexander Graf wrote:
>>     
>>> As part of my ongoing effort to make nested SVM useful, I started working to get
>>> VMware ESX run inside KVM.
>>>
>>> VMware couples itself pretty tightly to the CPUID, so it's a good idea to emulate
>>> a machine that officially supports SVM and should thus exploit the powers of
>>> nested virtualization.
>>>
>>> This patch adds a Phenom CPU identifier, that resembles a real-world phenom
>>> CPU as closely as possible.
>>>   
>>>       
>> I didn't apply this last time because I dislike the idea of adding 
>> oodles of CPU definitions for x86.  The proper thing to do here is to 
>> have an fdt based description of CPU model.  That's not to say I won't 
>> apply this patch, but I don't like the idea of adding more and more of 
>> these things.
>>     
>
> Did you try "qemu-system-ppc -cpu ?" ;-) ?
>   

Which is precisely what I'd like to avoid :-)

Although this is a bit different.  We aren't actually emulating a 
phenom.  We're just taking what we have and calling it a phenom.  I 
suspect there's going to be a desire to call whatever we emulate 
arbitrary things.

Regards,

Anthony LIguori

> Regards,
> Laurent
>