linux-kernel - Re: overriding BIOS (was: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm howto)

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Date:	Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:39:05 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Tomasz Torcz <zdzichu@....pl>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: overriding BIOS (was: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm howto)

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 21:34 +0100, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:15:02AM -0800, Dor Laor wrote:
> > The BIOS check is a must, it checks bit #0 of MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL,
> > if it set this means that software cannot write to the MSR. If bit #2 is
> > clear too then when executing vmxon you'll get #GP.
> > 
> > So the check should better be there...
> 
>   You were right, just writing to this MSR (via kvm_enable) halts my laptop.
>  Which is kinda strange, as this solution works on Intel Mac Minis.
> 
>   Anyway, complaint to Lenovo sent and got ignored.
> 

the linux-ready firmware developer kit now tries to test for this; with
some luck the bios people will run this and fix it ;)

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