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. > -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please pardon any lack of formatting. -- 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
