[PATCH wiki v3] Add kvm.ignore_msrs=1 into host grub.
Terrence Xu
terrence.xu at intel.com
Thu Feb 23 03:27:37 UTC 2017
Since some windows guest 3rd patry application / tools will trigger
MSR read / write directly, if it access the unhandled msr register,
guest will trigger BSOD soon. So we added the "kvm.ignore_msrs=1"
into grub for workaround.
Signed-off-by: Terrence Xu <terrence.xu at intel.com>
---
GVTg_Setup_Guide.md | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/GVTg_Setup_Guide.md b/GVTg_Setup_Guide.md
index 143ff96..49c4356 100644
--- a/GVTg_Setup_Guide.md
+++ b/GVTg_Setup_Guide.md
@@ -132,10 +132,13 @@ Make sure the “i915.enable_gvt=1” exist in host grub.cfg, use Ubuntu as exa
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 106518cd-fb74-4048-81de-3ecee7ad74d4
fi
- linux /boot/vgt/host-gvt root=UUID=106518cd-fb74-4048-81de-3ecee7ad74d4 ro ignore_loglevel log_buf_len=128M console=ttyS0,115200,8n1 i915.enable_gvt=1
+ linux /boot/vgt/host-gvt root=UUID=106518cd-fb74-4048-81de-3ecee7ad74d4 ro ignore_loglevel log_buf_len=128M console=ttyS0,115200,8n1 i915.enable_gvt=1 kvm.ignore_msrs=1
initrd /boot/vgt/initrd-gvt.img
}
+NOTICE: Since some windows guest 3rd patry application / tools (like GPU-Z / Passmark9.0) will trigger MSR read / write directly, if it access the unhandled msr register, guest will trigger BSOD soon. So we added the "kvm.ignore_msrs=1" into grub for workaround.
+
+
# 4 Guest Setup #
## 4.1 Linux Guest Setup ##
@@ -315,4 +318,4 @@ We sugguest to use the secondary gfx card mode (virtual "qxl" or "cirrus" gfx ca
- Media:
* Multiple thread decode/transcode for JPEG, MPEG2, H264, HEVC, VC1, VP8, etc
- OpenCL:
- * LuxMark, Beignet
\ No newline at end of file
+ * LuxMark, Beignet
--
1.9.1
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