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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to define the microcode version
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 07:02:29PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > So a guest will have *two* microcode revisions - both of which are most
> > likely wrong?!
>
> Just one revision.

So what does "the non-sensical value which is written by the guest will
not reflect to guest-visible microcode revision" even mean then?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

in the guest shows what exactly?

And what would RDMSR 0x8b show then?

> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/9/29 The original discussion explain in
> more details.

My argument stands: exposing microcode revisions to guests is the wrong
approach. Instead, the kernel should not look at microcode revisions if
it runs virtualized.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

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