From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: Plan 9 install problems Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:03:37 +0200 Message-ID: <458507E9.7080509@qumranet.com> References: <4583A71D.50300@qumranet.com> <458434C0.5010800@mr511.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: To: Michael Riepe In-Reply-To: <458434C0.5010800-0QoEqw4nQxo@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Michael Riepe wrote: > Hi! > > Avi Kivity wrote: > > >> The way to fix is to add handling to {svm,vmx}_get_msr() for msr 1 (and >> any other pointless msrs the guest reads or writes). From a cursory >> reading of the machine check docs, returning 0 should be fine for msr 1. >> > > Yep. > > But that doesn't help with Plan9 (just checked it). The installer fails > at VM entry later because it tries to use a "big" code segment (limit = > 0xffffffff). The same is true for OpenSolaris (cs limit = 0xfffff), by > the way. > Okay. Can someone with an AMD machine test these two OSes? There shouldn't be any problems with real mode there. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV