linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: require virtual NMI support

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:46:56 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     rkrcmar@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: require virtual NMI support

On 27.03.2017 14:38, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Virtual NMIs are only missing in Prescott and Yonah chips.  Both are obsolete
> for virtualization usage---Yonah is 32-bit only even---so drop vNMI emulation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 143 ++++++++++++++---------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Looks good to me!

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Thanks,

David