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authorAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-07-07 14:09:39 +0300
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-08-02 06:40:38 +0300
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KVM: Document MCE banks non-exposure via KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ user fills in the size of the indices array in nmsrs, and in return
kvm adjusts nmsrs to reflect the actual number of msrs and fills in
the indices array with their numbers.
+Note: if kvm indicates supports MCE (KVM_CAP_MCE), then the MCE bank MSRs are
+not returned in the MSR list, as different vcpus can have a different number
+of banks, as set via the KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE ioctl.
+
4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
Capability: basic