Re: kvm's vapic

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On 2012-01-29 16:52, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 01/29/2012 05:51 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>> Already the assumption that we find a CPU index at
>>> fs:0x51 is apparently hard-coding this. Or that kernel code is at
>>> 0x8xxxxxxx or 0xExxxxxxx.
>>>
>>> But what makes sure that we aren't patching some other obscure OS that
>>> doesn't comply with our assumptions but triggers the TPR access reports
>>> nevertheless? 
>>
>> Not much, but we've never had an issue.
> 
> Checking that the bios is mapped at 0x[8e]0000000 + phys should filter
> out most non-Windows OSes.

Possibly.

What about that major/minor version entries in the KPCR? Do they work,
and do we have a list of what should be there?

Jan

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