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Message-ID: <20080617162910.4019bf01@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:29:10 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com> Cc: Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux with kvm-intel locks up VMplayer guest is started On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:32:34 +0200 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com> wrote: > * 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. So ask vmware. They have source to both parts we don't. And its a bug in vmware by definition. If the emulator differs from the real thing then the emulator is at fault. It might well be that the limit is a genuine technical limit - but its still an emulator fault. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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