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Re: [Xen-users] svm flags not present

To: "edu gargiulo" <egargiulo+lists@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] svm flags not present
From: "Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:56:54 -0400
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On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:40 AM, edu gargiulo <egargiulo+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've recently installed xen-linux-system-2.6.18-6-xen-686 on
> debian/testing. Running the stock debian kernel, the /proc/cpuinfo
> file shows svm flags (I want to use HVM), but when I boot using xen
> kernel, the flags are not present. The processor is an AMD AthlonX2
> 64bits, and is listed as processor that support HVM.
> Is it possible that the xen kernel doesn't have this flags available?
> I'm running debian/testing i386 and would like to run winxp on a xen
> domU.
>

Sounds like the Xen kernel might not have been built with the support.
That is unexpected though to me, but someone else had a similar
problem with an AMD system on etch and built their own from source:

http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas/xen_304_hvm_etch.html

You could try grabbing a more recent xen.org kernel to test.

Cheers,
Todd


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