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| author | Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com> | 2021-04-27 13:16:36 +0200 |
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| committer | Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> | 2021-05-10 07:51:38 +0200 |
| commit | 059e5c321a65657877924256ea8ad9c0df257b45 (patch) | |
| tree | baf55d5ab2a94353141323f27afc43bd9dcc58a0 /Documentation/x86 | |
| parent | x86/sev: Move GHCB MSR protocol and NAE definitions in a common header (diff) | |
| download | linux-059e5c321a65657877924256ea8ad9c0df257b45.tar.xz linux-059e5c321a65657877924256ea8ad9c0df257b45.zip | |
x86/msr: Rename MSR_K8_SYSCFG to MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG
The SYSCFG MSR continued being updated beyond the K8 family; drop the K8
name from it.
Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210427111636.1207-4-brijesh.singh@amd.com
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst index c48d452d0718..a1940ebe7be5 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ CPUID function 0x8000001f reports information related to SME:: system physical addresses, not guest physical addresses) -If support for SME is present, MSR 0xc00100010 (MSR_K8_SYSCFG) can be used to +If support for SME is present, MSR 0xc00100010 (MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG) can be used to determine if SME is enabled and/or to enable memory encryption:: 0xc0010010: @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The state of SME in the Linux kernel can be documented as follows: The CPU supports SME (determined through CPUID instruction). - Enabled: - Supported and bit 23 of MSR_K8_SYSCFG is set. + Supported and bit 23 of MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG is set. - Active: Supported, Enabled and the Linux kernel is actively applying @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The state of SME in the Linux kernel can be documented as follows: SME can also be enabled and activated in the BIOS. If SME is enabled and activated in the BIOS, then all memory accesses will be encrypted and it will not be necessary to activate the Linux memory encryption support. If the BIOS -merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_K8_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate +merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate memory encryption by default (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) or by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the kernel command line. However, if BIOS does not enable SME, then Linux will not be able to activate memory encryption, even |