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

[H. Peter Anvin]

That would probably be a good idea.  The kernel also sets and clears bits for various errata or other special issues.

"Avi Kivity" <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 10/19/2010 04:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> 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.
>
>I guess kvm should be modified to mask GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID results with 
>the boot_cpu features.  This will make kvm take advantage of the core 
>kernel doing the right thing.
>

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