Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Add phenom CPU descriptor

[Anthony Liguori]

Laurent Vivier wrote:
> Le mardi 27 janvier 2009 à 08:37 -0600, Anthony Liguori a écrit :
>   
> > Alexander Graf wrote:
> >     
> > > As part of my ongoing effort to make nested SVM useful, I started working to get
> > > VMware ESX run inside KVM.
> > >
> > > VMware couples itself pretty tightly to the CPUID, so it's a good idea to 
> > > emulate
> > > a machine that officially supports SVM and should thus exploit the powers of
> > > nested virtualization.
> > >
> > > This patch adds a Phenom CPU identifier, that resembles a real-world phenom
> > > CPU as closely as possible.
> > >   
> > >       
> > I didn't apply this last time because I dislike the idea of adding 
> > oodles of CPU definitions for x86.  The proper thing to do here is to 
> > have an fdt based description of CPU model.  That's not to say I won't 
> > apply this patch, but I don't like the idea of adding more and more of 
> > these things.
> >     
>
> Did you try "qemu-system-ppc -cpu ?" ;-) ?
>   

Which is precisely what I'd like to avoid :-)

Although this is a bit different.  We aren't actually emulating a 
phenom.  We're just taking what we have and calling it a phenom.  I 
suspect there's going to be a desire to call whatever we emulate 
arbitrary things.

Regards,

Anthony LIguori

> Regards,
> Laurent
>