Re: [PATCH -v3] KVM: MCE: Add MCE support to KVM

Jan Kiszka
2009-05-25T17:41:01Z

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Huang Ying wrote:
>> The related MSRs are emulated. MCE capability is exported via
>> extension KVM_CAP_MCE and ioctl KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED. A new
>> vcpu ioctl command KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE is used to setup MCE emulation
>> such as the mcg_cap. MCE is injected via vcpu ioctl command
>> KVM_X86_SET_MCE. Extended machine-check state (MCG_EXT_P) and CMCI are
>> not implemented.
>>
>>
>
> Applied, thanks.
>

This patch breaks kvm build for 32-bit hosts.

Is the KVM MCE interface completely or only partially limited to x86-64,
ie. can I completely #ifdef it away on 32-bit hosts (including
KVM_CAP_MCE) or is this more complicated?

Jan

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