Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86: properly handle kvm emulation of hyperv

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 07/23/2013 06:55 AM, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> This strategy of hypervisor detection based on some detection order IMHO is not
> a robust detection strategy. The current scheme works since the only hypervisor emulated
> (by other hypervisors happens to be Hyper-V). What if this were to change.
> 

One strategy would be to pick the *last* one in the CPUID list, since
the ones before it are logically the one(s) being emulated...

	-hpa


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