On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:40:56 +0200, Alexey Eromenko said: > Why is the code for CPU VENDOR detection even exists in the first place? > Isn't it easier to detect ONLY CPU capabilities (such as Intel VT-x / > AMD-V ), rather than CPU vendors ? > This would solve problems for future x86 CPU vendors, that could pop-up.
Look around in the kernel tree in arch/x86/kernel for all sorts of AMD and Intel specific code that would be very painful if they were called on the wrong hardware. There's a lot of bits in CPUID leaves and other places that aren't safe to interpret without knowing the vendor.... _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
