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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:03:50 +0800 From: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com> To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> CC: gleb@...nel.org, mtosatti@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alex.williamson@...hat.com, bsd@...hat.com, lersek@...hat.com, jordan.l.justen@...el.com, edk2-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...el.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: quirkily apply WB to all memory if cache is disabled On 07/23/2015 01:56 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > On 15/07/2015 21:25, Xiao Guangrong wrote: >> From: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...el.com> >> >> Current firmware depends on WB to fast boot, please refer to >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/12/115 >> >> Let's us WB if CR0.CD is set to make this kind of firmware happy >> >> This quirk can be dropped by using KVM_ENABLE_CAP API with >> KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS if the broken firmware is gone >> >> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...el.com> > > Your patch is actually *enabling* the quirk if KVM_QUIRK_CD_AS_WB is > included in the disabled quirks. I'm squashing in this change: Yep, i misunderstood the meaning of "disabled-quirks", thanks for your nice adjustment, Paolo! -- 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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