From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932882AbbESO3c (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 May 2015 10:29:32 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:51373 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755790AbbESO16 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 May 2015 10:27:58 -0400 Message-ID: <555B4869.2040501@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 16:27:53 +0200 From: Paolo Bonzini User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Zhang, Yang Z" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" CC: "rkrcmar@redhat.com" , "bsd@redhat.com" , "guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com" , "wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com" Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] KVM: x86: SMM support References: <1430393772-27208-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 19/05/2015 16:25, Zhang, Yang Z wrote: > Paolo Bonzini wrote on 2015-04-30: >> This patch series introduces system management mode support. > > Just curious what's motivation to add vSMM supporting? Is there any > usage case inside guest requires SMM? Thanks. SMM provides the trusted base for UEFI Secure Boot. Paolo