Re: KVM & VMX root mode

Avi Kivity
2007-09-04T14:29:39Z

Sander van Leeuwen wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>> Sander van Leeuwen wrote:
>>
>>> You may want to reconsider as KVM breaks VMWare server 1.3 on 64 bits
>>> linux hosts as well. In exactly the same way
>>> as it breaks VirtualBox.
>>>
>>> We have tried this ourselves and others have reported the same:
>>> - http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=718184
>>> - http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2007-June/msg02501.html
>>>
>>>
>> This is unsurprising. But I believe the same solution (rmmod
>> kvm-intel) will work for VMware as well as for VirtualBox, or anything
>> else that wants to use VT.
>>
>> Can you explain what is wrong with it? It is simple, requires no
>> kernel changes, and has no present and potential future performance
>> impact. It will work on all kernel versions, unlike any change you
>> may wish us to make.
>>
>>
> This was just an added note. More meant for distribution maintainers who
> feel it is necessary to activate KVM by default.
>

Well, you still haven't explained what is wrong with my proposal. Can
we make some progress instead of walking in circles?

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