Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765277AbXHJBs3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:48:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756605AbXHJBsV (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:48:21 -0400 Received: from il.qumranet.com ([82.166.9.18]:34009 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751379AbXHJBsU (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:48:20 -0400 Message-ID: <46BBC3D6.902@qumranet.com> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:48:06 +0300 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zachary Amsden CC: Gabriel Barazer , Andi Kleen , Jim Mattson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Virtualization Mailing List , kvm-devel Subject: Re: 2.6.22 x86_64 : kernel initial decompression hangs on vmware References: <46A7E606.4030001@oxeva.fr> <46B4A7E4.4030907@vmware.com> <46BB7FCC.4040509@qumranet.com> <46BBA310.6060706@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <46BBA310.6060706@vmware.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 700 Lines: 17 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/