Re: [patches] [PATCH] [19/50] Experimental: detect if SVM is disabled by BIOS

From: Joerg Roedel
Date: Mon Oct 01 2007 - 18:14:13 EST


On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 11:45:22PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
>
> > feature flag does not disappear when its disabled. But because with CPUs
> > having the SVM-lock feature it can be re-enabled in a secure way under
> > some circumstances
>
> Who would reenable it in what circumstances?

I plan to implement the ability to re-enable it into the SVM module of KVM.
The key required for this will be passed as a module parameter.

Joerg
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