Re: [PATCH] ARM: KVM: Check the cpuid we're being asked to emulate.

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On Mon, 14 May 2012 18:57:20 -0400, Christoffer Dall <c.dall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Rusty Russell <rusty.russell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > As our emulation gets more sophisticated, we need to know what CPU model
> > we're dealing with.  Particularly for some of the nastier workarounds.
> >
> > Let's start with Cortex A-15.  We can then test the MIDR elsewhere in the
> > code, knowing that it's one of a finite set of allowed values.

(Revisiting this now)

The intent is good, this patch is not the right way to do it though.  I
think want an explicit ioctl to tell the kernel what CPU; since the
kernel initialized the regs, it needs to know.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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