From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [RFT] kvm with Windows optimization Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:03:08 +0200 Message-ID: <4726ACFC.5090907@qumranet.com> References: <4720D122.4070606@qumranet.com> <4720E023.8050804@codemonkey.ws> <10EA09EFD8728347A513008B6B0DA77A0248295E@pdsmsx411.ccr.corp.intel.com> <4721F4DC.2010501@codemonkey.ws> <10EA09EFD8728347A513008B6B0DA77A024CE569@pdsmsx411.ccr.corp.intel.com> <4725E022.6070202@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: <4725E022.6070202-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: > Dong, Eddie wrote: >> Anthony Liguori wrote: >> >>> Dong, Eddie wrote: >>> >>>>> BTW, is it wise to enable this by default for all guests? >>>>> Ignoring the >>>>> fact that we're modifying guest's memory without its knowledge, if a >>>>> guest unmaps the VA mappings for the BIOS then all sorts of >>>>> problems could occur. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>> FWIW, I successfully installed and booted Vista Enterprise Edition >>> with the TPR optimization patch. >>> >>> >> 32 bits or 64 bits? >> See >> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/archive/2006/08/11/695993.asp >> x >> >> It says: >> >> There are many brand new security features in Windows Vista, but Kernel >> Patch Protection is actually not one of them. Kernel Patch Protection >> was first supported on x64 (AMD64 and Intel EMT64T) CPU architecture >> versions of Microsoft Windows including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 >> SP1 and Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. (Patch >> protection is currently not supported on x86 or ia64 architectures.) >> Though, as the use of 64-bit computers is increasing, Windows Vista >> users will end up benefiting most from this technology. >> Seems Vista 32 is not using patchguard yet, not sure about next SP. >> If above is true, it looks like we are OK for current stage. >> thx,eddie >> > > I tested 32-bit Vista. We'll have to try 64-bit Vista and see if it > gets upset. > btw, it may have not triggered because the hack didn't recognize Vista's memory map. -- 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/