On Tue, Jul 30, 2024, Kai Huang wrote: > On Tue, 2024-07-30 at 10:49 +0800, WangYuli wrote: > > When SGX is not supported by the BIOS, we still output the error > > 'SGX disabled by BIOS', which can be confusing since there might not be > > an SGX-related option in the BIOS settings. > > +linux-sgx list, Jarkko, Haitao. > > This message is only printed when SGX is reported in CPUID but is not > enabled in the FEAT_CTL MSR. I can only recall this can happen when the > BIOS actually provides an option for the user to turn on/off SGX, in > which case the current message is correct.
FWIW, this could easily happen with a virtual machine, e.g. running an old QEMU with `-cpu host`.
