** Description changed:

  Since 6.16, TDX host is supported in the kernel but is incompatible with 
kexec.
  A cache flush is required in case TDX has been enabled before doing a kexec 
to avoid silent memory corruption in the new kernel.
  
- An upstream submission [0] fix this. However the second kernel cannot use TDX 
itself.
- The upstream submission is now a v8 and is likely to be merged soon.
+ An upstream submission [0] fix this. The upstream submission is now a v8 and 
is likely to be merged soon.
+ 4 conditions are required at runtime to enable TDX Host:
+ - Hibernation disabled.
+ - TDX enabled in the bios.
+ - kvm_intel.tdx=1 set in the bootcommand line.
+ - Hardware support.
  
- To enable TDX host, hibernation needs to be disabled, TDX enabled in the bios 
and a tdx module parameter set to 1.
- In specific platforms (SPR/EMR), matching all those conditions will disable 
kexec due to hardware limitations.
+ Two limitation are coming with this submission:
+ - In specific platforms (SPR/EMR), enabling TDX (all conditions fulfilled) 
will disable kexec due to hardware limitations.
+ - After kexec, TDX can't be used. This error will manifest by having a dmesg 
entry similar to:
+ 
+ virt/tdx: SEAMCALL (0x0000000000000021) failed: 0xc000050000000000
+ 
  
  This has been applied on top of questing Ubuntu-6.17.0-3.3 and tested on
- supported hardware by enabling TDX and kexec into a new kernel.
+ supported hardware by enabling TDX and using kexec into a new kernel.
  
  [0] :
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

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