Re: [RFT] kvm with Windows optimization

Avi Kivity
2007-10-26T13:24:57Z

Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>
>> Good movement!
>>
>> But, Vista won't work with patching. The memory guard in vista
>> will make the system refuse to service. Maybe we need a option
>> to check if it is vista.
>>
>>
>
> Are you sure that Vista isn't just verifying memory during
> startup/driver load? Seems odd to periodically scan memory.
>
> In the recently released Windows Hypervisor specification, in section
> 13.2.2 (Local APIC Memory-mapped Accesses), it's dictated that the APIC
> can only be accessed through 6 instructions. They are all >= 5 byte
> instructions. When I first saw that, I figured they were also patching.
>

Six? My hack patches five. Which one did I miss?

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