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authorLouis Burda <quent.burda@gmail.com>2023-01-21 02:23:52 +0100
committerLouis Burda <quent.burda@gmail.com>2023-01-21 02:23:52 +0100
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Reimplement test and prime+probe in asm, make self-tests harder and improve noise
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@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ setup
Testing was done on a Supermicro H12SSL-i V1.01 motherboard and AMD EPYC 72F3
(Family 0x19, Model 0x01) cpu.
-The following BIOS settings differ from the defaults:
+The following non-default BIOS settings were used:
Advanced > CPU Configuration > Local APIC Mode = xAPIC
+Advanced > CPU Configuration > Core Performance Boost = Disabled
+Advanced > CPU Configuration > SMT Control = Disabled
+Advanced > CPU Configuration > Global C-state Control = Disabled
Advanced > CPU Configuration > L1 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disabled
Advanced > CPU Configuration > L2 Stream HW Prefetcher = Disabled
Advanced > CPU Configuration > SMEE = Enabled
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ kvm_amd.sev=1 kvm_amd.sev_es=1 nokaslr debug systemd.log_level=info
To successfully build and load the kvm.ko and kvm-amd.ko modules, ensure
that a host kernel debian package was built using `make host`.
+
Because of bad decisions made in regards to version control, the checked
out commit of the modified kernel (previously the kernel patch file) might
be incorrect for older revisions.