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RE: [PATCH v2] WHPX: support for xcr0
From: |
Sunil Muthuswamy |
Subject: |
RE: [PATCH v2] WHPX: support for xcr0 |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Nov 2019 22:52:26 +0000 |
> > You will need the Windows 10 SDK for RS5 (build 17763) or above to
> > to be able to compile this patch because of the definition of the
> > XCR0 register.
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> > - Added a sign-off line in the patch.
>
>
> I am not very happy with the current situation which suggests using non
> free header files from the Microsoft Windows SDK, thus making it
> impossible to produce QEMU executables for Windows with WHPX support
> without having legal complications.
>
> Could you please add the required headers with a suitable license to the
> QEMU source code? That would clarify the license issue and make builds
> with WHPX much easier because those files would not have to be extracted
> from a very large SDK installation.
>
> It would also be acceptable if Microsoft could update the license
> comments in those files and use a QEMU compatible license.
>
I agree in principle that there should be an easier way to consume the Windows
SDK headers without having to play around with the licenses. I also agree that
that will make life lot easier for many developers. I am reaching out
internally here to see what can be done about this, but, that might take some
time. Meanwhile, is it possible to make some progress on this patch?
> Kind regards
> Stefan Weil
>
>