linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Fix lockup on 32-bit intel hosts with nx disabled in the bios

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Message-ID: <20070201075505.GA14378@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:55:05 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Fix lockup on 32-bit intel hosts with nx disabled in the bios


* Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> wrote:

> Intel hosts, without long mode, and with nx support disabled in the 
> bios have an efer that is readable but not writable.  This causes a 
> lockup on switch to guest mode (even though it should exit with reason 
> 34 according to the documentation).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>

i think this is for v2.6.20. I have tested this ontop of -rc7.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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