Re: port-arm/60655: vmt(4) probes the VMware backdoor unconditionally on aarch64 and panics the kernel on hypervisors that do not implement it

["Nick Hudson via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-arm/60655; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
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 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
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 Showta Ishizaki <zakinko%snowrabbit.org@localhost>
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Subject: Re: port-arm/60655: vmt(4) probes the VMware backdoor unconditionally
 on aarch64 and panics the kernel on hypervisors that do not implement it
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 11:56:50 +0100

 Thanks for doing this.
 
 Think you need to check the FADT version is at least 6 too, though.