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RE: [Xen-devel] machine check support in HVM guests
| To: | "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Subject: | RE: [Xen-devel] machine check support in HVM guests |
| From: | "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:22:26 +0100 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jan Beulich > Sent: 27 November 2006 12:30 > To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Xen-devel] machine check support in HVM guests > > Neither SVM nor VMX suppress CPUID[1].EDX.MC{E,A}, but there > also is no > virtualization of the respective MSRs. Since the latter seems > to have at best > marginal usefulness, shouldn't CPUID be respectively updated? I think masking those bits would be usefuller than implementing "machine check virtualization", so "Yes". -- Mats > > Thanks, Jan > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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