On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:07:54AM +0200, Fabian Grünbichler wrote: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:40:11AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > On 25/10/2017 10:12, Fabian Grünbichler wrote: > > > any update on this? 4.14 is soon out the door, and 4.13 with the > > > breaking change just got released as part of Ubuntu 17.10 / Artful.. > > > > I had posted a patch on October 10th, but no one replied with test results. > > > > sorry, missed the (second) thread. > > currently building, will get back with test results ASAP. so, while we haven't found any affected hardware in our test lab (not even in the to-be-discarded pile), feedback from users has been positive across the board for the following CPUs which were not able to use KVM without the patch: - Intel Xeon 3040 (Conroe) - Intel Xeon 5050 (Dempsey) - Intel Xeon 5130 (Woodcrest) - Intel Xeon E3-1256L V2 (Ivy Bridge) - Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (Merom) with no negative reports so far[1]. if you want more detailed information like vmxcap or cpuinfo, those can probably be requested. the kernel used is based on Ubuntu's 4.13.0-16.19 kernel, which is based on 4.13.4. I'll monitor the thread for more feedback one way or another, and forward any problems that seem relevant. thanks!
