From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paolo Bonzini Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] KVM: x86: SMM support Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 16:27:53 +0200 Message-ID: <555B4869.2040501@redhat.com> References: <1430393772-27208-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "rkrcmar@redhat.com" , "bsd@redhat.com" , "guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com" , "wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com" To: "Zhang, Yang Z" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On 19/05/2015 16:25, Zhang, Yang Z wrote: > Paolo Bonzini wrote on 2015-04-30: >> This patch series introduces system management mode support. > > Just curious what's motivation to add vSMM supporting? Is there any > usage case inside guest requires SMM? Thanks. SMM provides the trusted base for UEFI Secure Boot. Paolo