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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt index 882068538c9c..83afe65d4966 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt @@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ a guest. KVM cpuid functions are: function: KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE (0x40000000) -returns : eax = 0, +returns : eax = 0x40000001, ebx = 0x4b4d564b, ecx = 0x564b4d56, edx = 0x4d. Note that this value in ebx, ecx and edx corresponds to the string "KVMKVMKVM". +The value in eax corresponds to the maximum cpuid function present in this leaf, +and will be updated if more functions are added in the future. +Note also that old hosts set eax value to 0x0. This should +be interpreted as if the value was 0x40000001. This function queries the presence of KVM cpuid leafs. |