Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID

2018-06-27 Thread Paolo Bonzini
rutlucia...@gmail.com; Lucian Petrut >> ; Eduardo Habkost >> ; open list:All patches CC here > de...@nongnu.org>; Justin Terry (VM) ; >> Richard Henderson Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] >> [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID >> >> On 16/05/2018 01:55, Alessandro

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID

2018-05-16 Thread Justin Terry (VM) via Qemu-devel
> ; open list:All patches CC here de...@nongnu.org>; Justin Terry (VM) ; Richard > Henderson > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID > > On 16/05/2018 01:55, Alessandro Pilotti wrote: > > Hi Paolo, > > > > The main reason for different signatu

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID

2018-05-16 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 16/05/2018 01:55, Alessandro Pilotti wrote: > Hi Paolo, > > The main reason for different signatures is to allow guest workloads > to be aware of the differences between the two platforms (eg VirtIO > vs VMBus). Why does it matter? CPUID tells you about the enlightenments that the hypervisor

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID

2018-05-15 Thread Alessandro Pilotti
Hi Paolo, The main reason for different signatures is to allow guest workloads to be aware of the differences between the two platforms (eg VirtIO vs VMBus). Thanks, Alessandro > On 15 May 2018, at 16:44, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > >> On 15/05/2018 13:37, petrutlucia...@gmail.com wrote: >> From:

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID

2018-05-15 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 15/05/2018 13:37, petrutlucia...@gmail.com wrote: > From: Lucian Petrut > > Adds the CPUID trap for CPUID 0x4000, sending the WHPX signature > to the guest upon request. This is consistent with other QEMU > accelerators (KVM). > > Signed-off-by: Alessandro Pilotti > Signed-off-by: Justin

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID

2018-05-15 Thread Justin Terry (VM) via Qemu-devel
Thanks for the patch Lucian. Looks good to me! -Justin > -Original Message- > From: petrutlucia...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 4:38 AM > Cc: Lucian Petrut ; apilotti > ; Justin Terry (VM) > ; Paolo Bonzini ; Richard > Henderson ; Eduardo Habkost ; > open list:All patches CC h

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] WHPX Add signature CPUID

2018-05-15 Thread petrutlucian94
From: Lucian Petrut Adds the CPUID trap for CPUID 0x4000, sending the WHPX signature to the guest upon request. This is consistent with other QEMU accelerators (KVM). Signed-off-by: Alessandro Pilotti Signed-off-by: Justin Terry (VM) Signed-off-by: Lucian Petrut --- As opposed to the prev