From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Riepe Subject: Re: [PATCH] Match virtual machine processor vendor to that of the host Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:49:20 +0100 Message-ID: <458A58A0.5080501@mr511.de> References: <1166675645.10717.99.camel@aglarond.local> <458A51C0.6020506@qumranet.com> 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: Avi Kivity In-Reply-To: <458A51C0.6020506-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@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 Hi! Avi Kivity wrote: > Windows crashes immediately with this patch (STOP: 0x7E (0xc0000005 > 0xF724879C 0xF7A168DC 0xF7A165D8) for those who know how to decode > BSODs), so either it's doing too much or not enough. > > Note that we support migration from Intel to AMD and vice versa, so it > would be good to supply a command line parameter to set the cpuid (to a > least common denominator CPU). That would be extremely important for live migration. I doubt that any current OS - even those that support CPU hot-plugging - will allow you to replace an AMD CPU with an Intel model (or vice versa) on the fly. -- Michael "Tired" Riepe X-Tired: Each morning I get up I die a little ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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