KVM: x86: Emulate MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID

Some operating systems store data about the host processor at the
time of installation, and when booted on a more uptodate cpu tries
to read MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID. This has been found with XP.

Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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Jes Sorensen 2010-09-09 12:06:46 +02:00 committed by Avi Kivity
parent b9a52c4b78
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@ -1651,6 +1651,20 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 *pdata)
case 0xcd: /* fsb frequency */
data = 3;
break;
/*
* MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID
* Conservative value valid for even the basic CPU models.
* Models 0,1: 000 in bits 23:21 indicating a bus speed of
* 100MHz, model 2 000 in bits 18:16 indicating 100MHz,
* and 266MHz for model 3, or 4. Set Core Clock
* Frequency to System Bus Frequency Ratio to 1 (bits
* 31:24) even though these are only valid for CPU
* models > 2, however guests may end up dividing or
* multiplying by zero otherwise.
*/
case MSR_EBC_FREQUENCY_ID:
data = 1 << 24;
break;
case MSR_IA32_APICBASE:
data = kvm_get_apic_base(vcpu);
break;