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* Re: [PATCH] kvm: bios: KVM does not support SMM, so disable it
       [not found] <20081230150725.4E4C925000A@cleopatra.tlv.redhat.com>
@ 2008-12-30 16:34 ` Anthony Liguori
  2008-12-31  6:45   ` Gleb Natapov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Anthony Liguori @ 2008-12-30 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Avi Kivity; +Cc: kvm-devel

Avi Kivity wrote:
> From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
>
> diff --git a/bios/rombios32.c b/bios/rombios32.c
> index fd6ff71..a0c9572 100755
> --- a/bios/rombios32.c
> +++ b/bios/rombios32.c
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
>  //#define BX_USE_EBDA_TABLES
>  
>  /* define it if the (emulated) hardware supports SMM mode */
> -#define BX_USE_SMM
> +//#define BX_USE_SMM
>   

We already disable SMM in acpi.c:piix4_pm_init() by setting the SMM 
inited bit in the PCI config space for the piix4.  It's hackish, but it 
avoids needing a KVM-specific BIOS.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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* Re: [PATCH] kvm: bios: KVM does not support SMM, so disable it
  2008-12-30 16:34 ` [PATCH] kvm: bios: KVM does not support SMM, so disable it Anthony Liguori
@ 2008-12-31  6:45   ` Gleb Natapov
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Gleb Natapov @ 2008-12-31  6:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Anthony Liguori; +Cc: Avi Kivity, kvm-devel

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:34:13AM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
>>
>> diff --git a/bios/rombios32.c b/bios/rombios32.c
>> index fd6ff71..a0c9572 100755
>> --- a/bios/rombios32.c
>> +++ b/bios/rombios32.c
>> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
>>  //#define BX_USE_EBDA_TABLES
>>   /* define it if the (emulated) hardware supports SMM mode */
>> -#define BX_USE_SMM
>> +//#define BX_USE_SMM
>>   
>
> We already disable SMM in acpi.c:piix4_pm_init() by setting the SMM  
> inited bit in the PCI config space for the piix4.  It's hackish, but it  
> avoids needing a KVM-specific BIOS.
>
Then something is broken there right now since without the comment
Windows does not resumes. I'll check.

--
			Gleb.

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