From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [RFT] kvm with Windows optimization Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:24:57 +0200 Message-ID: <4721EAA9.1090202@qumranet.com> References: <4720D122.4070606@qumranet.com> <4720E023.8050804@codemonkey.ws> <10EA09EFD8728347A513008B6B0DA77A0248295E@pdsmsx411.ccr.corp.intel.com> <4721E98F.3020807@codemonkey.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: Anthony Liguori Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4721E98F.3020807-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@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 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? -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/