From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> Some operating systems store data about the host processor at the time of installation, and when booted on a more uptodate cpu tries to read MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID. This has been found with XP. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 1 + arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h index 986f779..83c4bb1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h @@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ #define MSR_IA32_TSC 0x00000010 #define MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID 0x00000017 #define MSR_IA32_EBL_CR_POWERON 0x0000002a +#define MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID 0x0000002c #define MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL 0x0000003a #define FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED (1<<0) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index f47db25..78fa8a0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -1641,6 +1641,14 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 *pdata) case MSR_K8_INT_PENDING_MSG: case MSR_AMD64_NB_CFG: case MSR_FAM10H_MMIO_CONF_BASE: + /* + * MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID + * Conservative value valid for even the basic CPU models. + * Models 0,1: 000 in bits 23:21 indicating a bus speed of + * 100MHz, model 2 000 in bits 18:16 indicating 100MHz, + * and 266MHz for model 3, or 4. + */ + case MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID: data = 0; break; case MSR_MTRRcap: -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
