linux-kernel - Re: Use CPUID to communicate with the hypervisor.

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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:21:21 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@...el.com>
CC:	"akataria@...are.com" <akataria@...are.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	"avi@...hat.com" <avi@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Zach Amsden <zach@...are.com>, Daniel Hecht <dhecht@...are.com>
Subject: Re: Use CPUID to communicate with the hypervisor.

Nakajima, Jun wrote:
> On 9/29/2008 5:58:01 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Nakajima, Jun wrote:
>>>> We don't have a quorum to create a consensus, since we only have a
>>>> subset of the relevant parties present.
>>> Who else do we need here?
>>>
>> At least Parallels and Virtual PC/Virtual Server.
>>
>>         -hpa
> 
> That should be doable. Although I'm not sure if their engineers want to discuss in public, we can come back with their ack/nak.
> 

OK, if so we should write up a formal proposal.

	-hpa
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