linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: Fix allowed CPUID bits for KVM guests

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Date:	Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:47:35 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
CC:	hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: Fix allowed CPUID bits for KVM guests

  On 09/06/2010 04:14 PM, Andre Przywara wrote:
> The AMD extensions to AVX (FMA4, XOP) work on the same YMM register set
> as AVX, so they are safe for guests to use, as long as AVX itself
> is allowed. Add F16C and AES on the way for the same reasons.

Acked-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>

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