Dong, Eddie wrote: > Anthony Liguori wrote: > >> Dong, Eddie wrote: >> >>>> BTW, is it wise to enable this by default for all guests? >>>> Ignoring the >>>> fact that we're modifying guest's memory without its knowledge, if a >>>> guest unmaps the VA mappings for the BIOS then all sorts of >>>> problems could occur. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Good movement! >>> >>> But, Vista won't work with patching. The memory guard in vista >>> will make the system refuse to service. Maybe we need a option to >>> check if it is vista. >>> >>> >> FWIW, I successfully installed and booted Vista Enterprise Edition >> with the TPR optimization patch. >> >> > 32 bits or 64 bits? > See > http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/archive/2006/08/11/695993.asp > x > > It says: > > There are many brand new security features in Windows Vista, but Kernel > Patch Protection is actually not one of them. Kernel Patch Protection > was first supported on x64 (AMD64 and Intel EMT64T) CPU architecture > versions of Microsoft Windows including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 > SP1 and Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. (Patch > protection is currently not supported on x86 or ia64 architectures.) > Though, as the use of 64-bit computers is increasing, Windows Vista > users will end up benefiting most from this technology. > > Seems Vista 32 is not using patchguard yet, not sure about next SP. > If above is true, it looks like we are OK for current stage. > thx,eddie >
I tested 32-bit Vista. We'll have to try 64-bit Vista and see if it gets upset. Regards, Anthony Liguori ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
