On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 09:49 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > Yang, Sheng wrote: > > From f02d2ccf01e8671d2da517f14a908d1df1cc42ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Sheng Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:41:26 +0800 > > Subject: [PATCH] KVM: Report hardware virtualization features > > > > The hardware virtualization technology evolves very fast. But currently it's > > hard to tell if your CPU support certain kind of HW technology without dig > > into the source code. > > > > The patch introduced a virtual file called "kvm_hw_feature_report" under > > /sys/devices/system/kvm/kvm0 to show the mainly important current hardware > > virtualization feature, then it's pretty easy to tell if your CPU support > > some advanced virtualization technology now. > > > > > > Yes, this is definitely helpful. However, I think that users will > expect cpu flags under /proc/cpuinfo. > > Perhaps we should add a new line 'virt flags' to /proc/cpuinfo? I think > all the features are reported using msrs, so it can be done from > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c without involving kvm at all. >
while I agree with Avi, it would be nice thought to see them on older kernels. At least sprinkle a printk message. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
