The SEV-ES bit of Fn800-001F[EAX] - Bit 3 is used for a host to
determine support for running SEV-ES guests. It should not be checked by
a guest to determine if it is running under SEV-ES. The guest should use
the SEV_STATUS MSR Bit 1 to determine if SEV-ES is enabled.
Cc: James Bottomley <j...@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Min Xu <min.m...@intel.com>
Cc: Jiewen Yao <jiewen....@intel.com>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lenda...@amd.com>
Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+tianoc...@kernel.org>
Cc: Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com>
Cc: Erdem Aktas <erdemak...@google.com>
Cc: Marc Orr <marc...@google.com>
Cc: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.si...@amd.com>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmatt...@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Gonda <pgo...@google.com>
---
OvmfPkg/ResetVector/Ia32/AmdSev.asm | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/OvmfPkg/ResetVector/Ia32/AmdSev.asm
b/OvmfPkg/ResetVector/Ia32/AmdSev.asm
index 1f827da3b9..77692db27e 100644
--- a/OvmfPkg/ResetVector/Ia32/AmdSev.asm
+++ b/OvmfPkg/ResetVector/Ia32/AmdSev.asm
@@ -265,14 +265,6 @@ CheckSevFeatures:
; Set the work area header to indicate that the SEV is enabled
mov byte[WORK_AREA_GUEST_TYPE], 1
- ; Check for SEV-ES memory encryption feature:
- ; CPUID Fn8000_001F[EAX] - Bit 3
- ; CPUID raises a #VC exception if running as an SEV-ES guest
- mov eax, 0x8000001f
- cpuid
- bt eax, 3
- jnc GetSevEncBit
-
; Check if SEV-ES is enabled
; MSR_0xC0010131 - Bit 1 (SEV-ES enabled)
mov ecx, SEV_STATUS_MSR
--
2.34.1.448.ga2b2bfdf31-goog
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