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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] target-i386: Do not set MCG_SER_P by
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:47:44 +0100
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On 23/11/2015 14:22, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> > Software Error Recovery, i.e. SER, is purely an Intel feature and it
> > shouldn't be set by default. Enable it only on Intel.
> 
> What happens when SER is enabled on an AMD CPU? If it really
> should't be enabled, why is KVM returning it on
> KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED?

Indeed... is it a problem if our frankenstein AMD CPU can recover from
memory errors?

Paolo