Re: [PATCH v4 0/9] x86/sev: KEXEC/KDUMP support for SEV-ES guests

[Tom Lendacky]

On 3/12/24 10:16, Vasant Karasulli wrote:
> On Di 12-03-24 09:04:13, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> > On 3/11/24 15:32, Vasant k wrote:
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > >          Right,  it just escaped my mind that the SNP uses the secrets page
> > > to hand over APs to the next stage.  I will correct that in the next
> >
> > Not quite... The MADT table lists the APs and the GHCB AP Create NAE event
> > is used to start the APs.
>
> Alright. So AP Jump Table is not used like in the case of SEV-ES. Thanks,

Right. It can be, but we don't use that method in Linux.

Thanks,
Tom

> I will keep the changes in the patch set exclusively for SEV-ES then.
>
> - Vasant