[PATCH 2/2] cpu: virt: Downgrade message about virtualization disabled

Mario Limonciello superm1 at kernel.org
Thu Apr 10 20:16:30 UTC 2025


From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>

Modern machines that ship with Microsoft Security Levels enabled
will lock down SVM.  This is by design, so decrease existing failure
to 'advice' instead.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
---
 src/cpu/virt/virt_svm.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cpu/virt/virt_svm.c b/src/cpu/virt/virt_svm.c
index d86f54f4..8cee9aaf 100644
--- a/src/cpu/virt/virt_svm.c
+++ b/src/cpu/virt/virt_svm.c
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ void virt_check_svm(fwts_framework *fw)
 			fwts_passed(fw, "Virtualization extensions supported and enabled by BIOS.");
 			break;
 		case 1:
-			fwts_failed(fw, LOG_LEVEL_MEDIUM,
-				"VirtDisabledByBIOS",
-				"Virtualization extensions supported but disabled by BIOS.");
+			fwts_advice(fw, "Virtualization extensions supported but disabled by BIOS.");
 			break;
 		default:
 			fwts_log_error(fw, "Virtualization extensions check failed - cannot read msr.");
-- 
2.43.0




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