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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:30:00 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to define the microcode version
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On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 07:25:28PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> Both are the same values set by kvm userspace.

This still doesn't answer my question what "the non-sensical value which
is written by the guest will not reflect to guest-visible microcode
revision" means?

> This is correct. The link explains why the userspace sets microcode
> revision is still needed.

Why is it still needed?

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    Boris.

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