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SubjectRe: 2.6.22 x86_64 : kernel initial decompression hangs on vmware
Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>>
>> We haven't seen any issue with the 2.6.22 boot decompressor. Which
>> of the four (fs, gs, ldt, or tr) were proving problematic and why?
>
> It was tr that was affecting Workstation, since we boot through normal
> BIOS path, and only a 16-bit task was loaded at this point.
>

Ah. Maybe we didn't have an exit while we were in long mode with the
16-bit tss, so VT didn't notice the illegal combination.
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