From: Shane Wang Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:40:17 +0000 (+0800) Subject: KVM: VMX: Inform user about INTEL_TXT dependency X-Git-Url: http://git.lede-project.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f9335afea5d649693aee1ec8af2cc8ccf376f5a9;p=openwrt%2Fstaging%2Fblogic.git KVM: VMX: Inform user about INTEL_TXT dependency 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 Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 8087c4d1a136..92612fb162db 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;