linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2][PATCH 1/1] intel_txt: Intel(R) TXT and tboot kernel support

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Message-ID: <20090422204028.GC13896@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:40:29 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, joseph.cihula@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	chrisw@...s-sol.org, jmorris@...ei.org, jbeulich@...ell.com,
	peterm@...hat.com, gang.wei@...el.com, shane.wang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v2][PATCH 1/1] intel_txt: Intel(R) TXT and tboot kernel support

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:31:01PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> >This means it explodes with paravirt, right? Do you have a check early
> >for that?
> >  
> 
> The tboot stuff should only be run on bare hardware; if there's 
> virtualization under the kernel, then TXT should be happening at that level.

Yes I know, but still this should be enforced.

-Andi

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