From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, avi@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add microcode patch level dummy
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:28:45 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4962353D.70909@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1231167767-851-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de>
Alexander Graf wrote:
> VMware ESX checks if the microcode level is correct when using a barcelona CPU, in
> order to see if it actually can use SVM. Let's tell it we're on the safe side...
>
Sounds like you're able to boot ESX? Are you able to run a guest yet?
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index f53be7e..3f88416 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -1928,6 +1928,9 @@ static int svm_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned ecx, u64 *data)
> case MSR_VM_CR:
> *data = 0;
> break;
> + case MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV:
> + *data = 0x01000065;
> + break;
> default:
> return kvm_get_msr_common(vcpu, ecx, data);
> }
> --
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-05 16:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-05 15:02 [PATCH] Add microcode patch level dummy Alexander Graf
2009-01-05 16:28 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2009-01-05 16:30 ` Alexander Graf
2009-01-05 16:38 ` David S. Ahern
2009-01-05 16:39 ` Alexander Graf
2009-01-05 16:40 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-01-05 17:08 ` Alexander Graf
2009-01-06 9:29 ` Avi Kivity
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