linux-kernel - Re: Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started

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Message-ID: <20080617134452.GA4836@deprecation.cyrius.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:44:52 +0200
From:	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>
To:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started

* Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com> [2008-06-17 15:32]:
> * Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws> [2008-06-17 08:16]:
> > VMware is a binary kernel module that's out of kernel.  KVM is not
> > misbehaving and the fact that VMware breaks when the KVM module is
> > loaded isn't our problem.  If they submitted their code for
> > inclusion in  mainline, we could possibly come up with solution for
> > arbitrating who is  using VT.
> 
> I feared I'd get a response like this.  But unless this is a known
> issue in VMware (which I don't think it is), you don't know whether
> it's not a bug in kvm-intel.

Sorry, Anthony, I just realized I misparsed your response.  So you're
saying that it's a known issue and that VMware is the problem.  Thanks
a lot!  I'll take it up with VMware.

-- 
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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