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Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:30:48 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] SVM: reliably detect if SVM was disabled by BIOS
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Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
>
> This patch adds an implementation to the svm is_disabled function to
> detect reliably if the BIOS disabled the SVM feature in the CPU. This
> fixes the issues with kernel panics when loading the kvm-amd module on
> machines where SVM is available but disabled.
>
>   

Applied; thanks.

Is this msr documented anywhere?  I assume it is implemented on all
processors with svm?

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.