From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sander van Leeuwen Subject: Re: KVM & VMX root mode Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:16:03 +0200 Message-ID: <46DD68A3.1060403@innotek.de> References: <46D81156.8050100@innotek.de> <46D97669.7050609@qumranet.com> <46D980C2.3040501@innotek.de> <46D98C53.4070604@qumranet.com> <46D9A030.1020904@innotek.de> <46D9B297.5070502@qumranet.com> <20070903031403.GA16190@redhat.com> <46DBB7C1.60708@innotek.de> <46DBBB65.3020406@qumranet.com> <46DBC120.3050301@innotek.de> <46DBF13B.9080005@qumranet.com> <46DD2AA2.8010109@innotek.de> <46DD63B6.6050406@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 To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46DD63B6.6050406-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 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. -- Kind regards / mit freundlichen Gruessen / Met vriendelijke groet Sander van Leeuwen innoTek GmbH http://www.innotek.de Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/