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

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Message-ID: <0B53E02A2965CE4F9ADB38B34501A3A15726E5B1@orsmsx505.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:14:01 -0700
From:	"Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@...el.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.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.

On 9/29/2008 7:21:21 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.

I assume that the scope is limited to virtualization of Linux.

>
>         -hpa
             .
Jun Nakajima | Intel Open Source Technology Center