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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE s
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Haozhong Zhang |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support |
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Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:01:23 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.6.1-neo (2016-05-02) |
On 06/13/16 10:33, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 13/06/2016 09:55, Haozhong Zhang wrote:
> > Currently, only VMX bits (bit 1 & 2), LMCE bit (bit 20) as well as
> > lock bit (bit 0) in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL are used for guest. The
> > availability of features indicated by those bits (except the lock bit)
> > can be discovered from cpuid and other MSR, so it looks not necessary
> > to publish them via fw_cfg. Or do you have other concerns?
>
> I would prefer to avoid having to change the firmware (SeaBIOS and OVMF)
> every time a new bit is added. Using fw_cfg makes it possible to
> develop the feature in the firmware once and for all.
>
Thanks for the explanation! Is it proper to add a key in fw_cfg for
this purpose, e.g FW_CFG_MSR_FEATURE_CONTROL to pass bits that are
supposed to be set by firmware?
Thanks,
Haozhong
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/2] Add QEMU support for Intel local MCE, Haozhong Zhang, 2016/06/03
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Haozhong Zhang, 2016/06/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Radim Krčmář, 2016/06/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Haozhong Zhang, 2016/06/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/06/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Haozhong Zhang, 2016/06/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/06/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support,
Haozhong Zhang <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/06/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Haozhong Zhang, 2016/06/13
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Boris Petkov, 2016/06/04
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Boris Petkov, 2016/06/04
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Eduardo Habkost, 2016/06/06
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] target-i386: KVM: add basic Intel LMCE support, Haozhong Zhang, 2016/06/07