Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmx,svm: Add module parameter to ignore the 'in use' check

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On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 11:09 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/05/2011 02:09 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > Add a module parameter 'check_inuse' to allow disabling the check of whether
> > virtualization has already been enabled on the given cpu.
> >
> > This is needed to deal with broken BIOS which set the SVM/VMX bit by default.
> 
> Please split the vmx and svm parts.
> 
> What machine was this?  Did you try a BIOS update/complaint to 
> manufacturer/etc?  Let's try the proper channels before workarounds.
> 

I have no information about the machine.
It was the result of trying to debug an issue reported on IRC where we
found that the SVM flag is being set after boot even before the kvm
module is loaded.

-- 

Sasha.

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