Re: [RFC PATCH] kvm: Enable -cpu option to hide KVM

Michael Tokarev
2014-06-02T10:32:15Z

01.06.2014 20:25, Alex Williamson цкщеу:
> The latest Nvidia driver (337.88) specifically checks for KVM as the
> hypervisor and reports Code 43 for the driver in a Windows guest when
> found. Removing or changing the KVM signature is sufficient to allow
> the driver to load.

Hmm.. Why does it do such thing? Is it in order to prevent the driver
to work in a virtualized windows, ie to prevent vga passthough to work?

If that's the case, I think it is a lost game. Because they'll be adding
more, cleverer, checks in the next version.

Thanks,

/mjt