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List:       kvm-commits
Subject:    [COMMIT master] KVM: VMX: Inform user about INTEL_TXT dependency
From:       Avi Kivity <avi () redhat ! com>
Date:       2010-11-23 12:54:47
Message-ID: 20101123125447.0E96C250AF1 () cleopatra ! tlv ! redhat ! com
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From: Shane Wang <shane.wang@intel.com>

Inform user to either disable TXT in the BIOS or do TXT launch
with tboot before enabling KVM since some BIOSes do not set
FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX bit when TXT is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Shane Wang <shane.wang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 0badeac..a9ad174 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1305,8 +1305,11 @@ static __init int vmx_disabled_by_bios(void)
 			&& tboot_enabled())
 			return 1;
 		if (!(msr & FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX)
-			&& !tboot_enabled())
+			&& !tboot_enabled()) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "kvm: disable TXT in the BIOS or "
+				" activate TXT before enabling KVM\n");
 			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
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