Avi Kivity wrote: > Anthony Liguori wrote: >> 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. >> > > btw, it may have not triggered because the hack didn't recognize > Vista's memory map. >
It successfully patched instructions. Not as many as with XP but it was at least a few. 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
