Re: [BUG] kvm: guest can not startup due to triple fault

[H. Peter Anvin]

Right... note in particular that the BIOS sets them up inconsistently.  The kernel is doing the rufht thing: since NX isn't available on all processors it is considered unavailable.

"Avi Kivity" <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 10/19/2010 08:55 AM, Dave Young wrote:
>> >  OK.  Please install msr-tools on your system, and give us the outputs of:
>> >
>> >  rdmsr -p 0 -xc 0x1a0
>> 0x1764952489
>>
>> >  rdmsr -p 1 -xc 0x1a0
>> 0x1364952489
>>
>
>That's MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_XD_DISABLE.  Looks like the kernel never 
>plays with it.
>
>Suggest:
>- updating your BIOS
>- playing with the NX feature in your BIOS setup screens
>
>
>-- 
>error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
>

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