Re: [PATCH] use upstream cpuid code

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

On 08/03/2009 05:12 PM, Glauber Costa wrote:
>> If qemu-kvm with this patch works on Fedora 10 (latest kernel) and the
>> equivalent opensuse and Ubuntu kernels, then we can safely remove the
>> bug workaround.  If not, if we apply the patch we just cause users
>> needless pain.
>>      
> Again, since it was reported to fix a problem (that did not even existed in
> the first place) with Windows Vista, I don't really know why shouldn'it
> it work with any of the Linux guests (since they were not affected, to begin
> with)
>    

We aim to support more than just Linux guests.  I don't understand what 
you mean by "the problem did not even existed in the first place".  I 
assure you it existed.

> However, if you point me to a simple test case, I can definitely test it to make
> sure no weird condition is taking place

Install Windows Vista x64 on a host running a distro kernel.

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