Re: [BUG] kvm: guest can not startup due to triple fault

H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-19T15:31:12Z

That would probably be a good idea. The kernel also sets and clears bits for various errata or other special issues.

"Avi Kivity" <avi@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 10/19/2010 04:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Right... note in particular that the BIOS sets them up inconsistently. The kernel is doing the rufht thing: since NX isn't available on all processors it is considered unavailable.
>
>I guess kvm should be modified to mask GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID results with
>the boot_cpu features. This will make kvm take advantage of the core
>kernel doing the right thing.
>

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