Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] hvm: allow pass-through of new CPUID features

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andre Przywara writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] hvm: allow pass-through of 
new CPUID features"):
> Andre Przywara wrote:
> > The new CPU features are pure "compute" features (ALU/FPU only), they 
> > don't need any support or awareness from any system level software. 
> > Following the definition of virtualization they should be available to 
> > guests unless explicitly disabled.

Thanks for that explanation.  Can you confirm that these features
don't involve new CPU state ?  If so then I'm happy that they should
go in despite the freeze.

Regards,
Ian.

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