linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/32] KVM: VMX APIC timer virtualization support

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Message-ID: <aYNP5kuRwT33yU8Z@google.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 05:55:50 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: isaku.yamahata@...el.com
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, isaku.yamahata@...il.com, 
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/32] KVM: VMX APIC timer virtualization support

On Tue, Feb 03, 2026, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
> 
> This patch series implements support for APIC timer virtualization for
> VMX and nVMX.

...

> [1] Intel Architecture Instruction Set Extensions and Future Features
> September 2025 319433-059
> Chapter 8 APIC-TIMER VIRTUALIZATION
> https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/671368

What CPU generation is expected to have APIC-timer virtualization?  DMR?

> base-commit: 63804fed149a6750ffd28610c5c1c98cce6bd377

Please base the next version on `kvm-x86 next`, everything in here is KVM x86
specific, and using a vanilla -rc is all but guaranteed to have conflicts.