On Tue, Mar 06, 2012, Nadav Har'El wrote about "Re: [PATCH] KVM: Enable VMX-related bits in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL.": > 2. handle_vmon() does not check the previous setting of this MSR. > If the guest (or its BIOS) doesn't set both FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED > and FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX, it should get a By the way, am I right in my understanding that KVM doesn't support SMX in the guest? I didn't see mention of CR4.SMXE or a GETSEC exit handler, which is why I'm assuming that it doesn't... If this assumption isn't true, I'll also need to worry about the ..._INSIDE_SMX case. -- Nadav Har'El | Tuesday, Mar 6 2012, nyh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |----------------------------------------- Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |When you handle yourself, use your head; http://nadav.harel.org.il |when you handle others, use your heart. -- 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