hi, I am trying to run unix like operating system (mainly meant for educational purposes) on kvm called "Unix Lite" (http://www.unixlite.org/). It runs fine on qemu but on kvm it gives the unhandled vm exit 0x9. This is caused by the hardware task switch that is used in unix lite. The code for the switch is :
void gdt_t::swtch(tss_t * from, tss_t * to) { /* also clear "busy tss" flag */ tss[0].init(X86AVL386TSS, (u32_t)from, sizeof(tss_t)-1); tss[1].init(X86AVL386TSS, (u32_t)to, sizeof(tss_t)-1); asm volatile( "ltr %w0\n\t" "ljmp %1,$0\n\t" ::"r"(TSS0SEL),"i"(TSS1SEL)); } As you can see the code is basically saving the context of one task and loading from the next. The unhandled exit is caused by the ljmp which causes the switch. What would be a good way to convert this to a software switch only? Just manually push the current state on the outgoing task state segment(we have the pointers to this) and load from the incoming task's state segment? I am new to this therefore I am not sure how to save the current CS:IP pair and whether this is the way to do it or not, any help/hints will be welcomed. Thanks Omar ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel