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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] x86: properly handle kvm emulation of hyperv
    On 07/25/2013 03:59 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
    > Il 24/07/2013 23:37, H. Peter Anvin ha scritto:
    >> What I'm suggesting is exactly that except that the native hypervisor is later in CPUID space.
    > Me too actually.
    >
    > I was just suggesting an implementation of the idea (that takes into
    > account hypervisors detected by other means than CPUID).
    >
    > Paolo

    This make sense, will send V2.

    Thanks
    >> KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> wrote:
    >>> As Paolo suggested if there were some priority encoded, the guest could make an
    >>> informed decision. If the guest under question can run on both hypervisors A and B,
    >>> we would rather the guest discover hypervisor A when running on A and
    >>> hypervisor B when running on B. The priority encoding could be as simple as
    >>> surfacing the native hypervisor signature earlier in the CPUID space.



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