The VMSA files contain the expected CPU register state for the VM. Their
content varies based on a few pieces of the stack
- AMD CPU architectural initial state
- KVM hypervisor VM CPU initialization
- QEMU userspace VM CPU initialization
- AMD CPU SKU (family/model/stepping)
The first three pieces of information we can obtain through code
inspection. The last piece of information we can take on the command
line. This allows a user to validate a SEV-ES guest merely by providing
the CPU SKU information, using --cpu-family, --cpu-model,
--cpu-stepping. This avoids the need to obtain or construct VMSA files
directly.
Reviewed-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
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