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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 14/59] KVM: x86: Add vm_type to differentiate
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On Wed, Nov 24 2021 at 16:19, isaku yamahata wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
>
> Add a capability to effectively allow userspace to query what VM types
> are supported by KVM.

I really don't see why this has to be named legacy. There are enough
reasonable use cases which are perfectly fine using the non-encrypted
muck. Just because there is a new hyped feature does not make anything
else legacy.

Thanks,

        tglx