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From: Christian Ludwig <christian_ludwig@genua.de>
To: <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH pve-docs 6/7] qm: Describe ASIDs for SEV
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:14:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2482783c7a24b5a76956aa91ca839361bcc1ef37.1790236164.git@genua.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <chipid.1790235905.git@genua.de>

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It's an important limitation that can be tuned in firmware settings on
most machines.

While there, provide update dmesg output that includes SEV-SNP.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ludwig <christian_ludwig@genua.de>
---
 qm.adoc | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 5b46cdc..37950fc 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -842,14 +842,20 @@ the SEV kernel parameter of kvm_amd:
 
 ----
 # dmesg | grep -i sev
+[...] SEV-SNP: RMP table physical range [<range>]
 [...] ccp 0000:45:00.1: sev enabled
+[...] ccp 0000:45:00.1: SEV-SNP API: <buildversion>
 [...] ccp 0000:45:00.1: SEV API: <buildversion>
-[...] SEV supported: <number> ASIDs
-[...] SEV-ES supported: <number> ASIDs
+[...] SEV enabled (ASIDs ...)
+[...] SEV-ES enabled (ASIDs ...)
+[...] SEV-SNP enabled (ASIDs ...)
 # cat /sys/module/kvm_amd/parameters/sev
 Y
 ----
 
+The number of ASIDs gives the maximum number of confidential guests for each
+type that can run in parallel.
+
 *Guest Requirements:*
 
 * edk2-OVMF
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-24 14:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-24 14:14 [PATCH 0/7] SEV: Expose chip ID and reported TCB versions Christian Ludwig
2026-09-24 14:14 ` [PATCH pve-common 1/7] procfs: read CPU model and stepping from cpuinfo Christian Ludwig
2026-09-24 14:14 ` [PATCH qemu-server 2/7] sev: Detect SEV- Christian Ludwig
2026-09-24 14:14 ` [PATCH qemu-server 3/7] sev: Expose chip ID and reported TCB versions Christian Ludwig
2026-09-24 14:14 ` [PATCH qemu-server 4/7] api: add endpoint for SEV attestation data Christian Ludwig
2026-09-24 14:14 ` [PATCH pve-manager 5/7] api: register SEV capabilities endpoint Christian Ludwig
2026-09-24 14:14 ` Christian Ludwig [this message]
2026-09-24 14:14 ` [PATCH pve-docs 7/7] sev: Describe VCEK retieval Christian Ludwig

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