On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 05:23:29PM -0500, Paluri, PavanKumar wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > On 8/1/2024 3:58 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 03:56:36PM -0500, Pavan Kumar Paluri wrote: > >> Provide "nosnp" boot option via "sev=nosnp" kernel command line to > >> prevent SNP-capable host kernel from enabling SEV-SNP and initializing > >> RMP table. > > > > Congratulations on using three acronyms multiple times and defining none > > of them. > > I apologize for not defining the acronyms, I had wrongly assumed they > were well understood by the reviewers/maintainers. I can fix that up > going forward. In the meantime: You cc'd linux-doc. That's going to people who have no idea what specialist part of the kernel you're working on. > RMP: Reverse Map Table > SEV: Secure Encrypted Virtualization > SNP: Secure Nested Paging > > These definitions are also available in AMD-APM vol 2: Chapter 15 [1] > > [1]: > https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/processor-tech-docs/programmer-references/24593.pdf > > Thanks, > Pavan
