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

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Message-ID: <aYOA303zHQY4CUf1@google.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 09:24:47 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, isaku.yamahata@...il.com, 
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/32] KVM: VMX APIC timer virtualization support

On Wed, Feb 04, 2026, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 05:55:50AM -0800,
> Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> > > [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?
> 
> CWF.

What P-core CPU generation?  No offence to the Forest family, but I don't think
most people are chomping at the bit to get their hands on CWF :-)