From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: KVM & VMX root mode Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:29:39 +0300 Message-ID: <46DD6BD3.2090407@qumranet.com> 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> <46DD68A3.1060403@innotek.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Sander van Leeuwen Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46DD68A3.1060403-2taLTamkYL2ELgA04lAiVw@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 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? -- Any sufficiently difficult bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/