Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86,module: Detect CRn and DRn manipulation | From | Paolo Bonzini <> | Date | Wed, 8 Apr 2020 02:22:45 +0200 |
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On 08/04/20 01:15, Andrew Cooper wrote: >> Anyhow, I do not think it is the only use-case which is not covered by your >> patches (even considering CRs/DRs alone). For example, there is no kernel >> function to turn on CR4.VMXE, which is required to run hypervisors on x86. > How about taking this opportunity to see if there is a way to improve on > the status quo for co-existing hypervisor modules?
Almost serious question: why? I can understand VMware, but why can't at least VirtualBox use KVM on Linux? I am not sure if they are still running device emulation in ring zero, but if so do you really want to do that these days?
Paolo
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