From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pekka-vm and kvm documentation
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:57:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BABCE3B.5080605@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BABC636.5010905@cs.helsinki.fi>
On 03/25/2010 10:23 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Avi,
>
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> When you come up against something that is undocumented or badly
>> described, please complain on kvm@. We will then update the
>> documentation.
>
> So one thing I'm wondering is in what mode do we enter the guest? Is
> that entirely specified with KVM_SET_REGS and KVM_SET_SREGS?
Yes. cr0.pe = real/protected, eflags.vm = vm86 mode, cs.d =
prot16/prot32, efer.lme/efer.lma/cs.l = longmode.
>
> I assume we're entering real mode as per how I set up "rflags" but for
> some reason I'm seeing "cs" base being zeroed out before first
> instruction is executed with my simple kvm program which could mean
> that it's trying to use GDT (which is not set up at that point).
I see you set up the cpu as if after reset (cs:ip = f000:fff0) but just
dumped a kernel there. That won't work, you need real code.
Try poking 'e9 fd ff' at your entry point (ffff0) and see the cpu pegged
at 100% (1: jmp 1b) (this is probably the largest possible kernel that
is bug-free).
--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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2010-03-25 20:23 ` pekka-vm and kvm documentation Pekka Enberg
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