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Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.3 confusion

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.3 confusion
From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:32:24 +0200
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On 25 Oct 2006 at 1:55, Art Fore wrote:

[...]
> The more I look into this, the more confused I get.
>
> >From http://www.xensource.com/files/xen_install_windows.pdf
> There is a paragraph:
> Type /usr/sbin/xm info | grep caps at the command prompt. You will see
> "hvm-3.0-x86_32" if Xen can detect the VT or AMD-V technology. If you do
> not see this, then your system does not have the appropriate processor
> technology, or it has been disabled in the BIOS. You must rectify this
> before proceeding.
>
> When I type the command, I get:
> linux-p204:~ # /usr/sbin/xm info | grep caps
> hw_caps                :
> 178bfbff:ebd3fbff:00000000:00000010:00002001:00000000:0000001f
> xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_64

For a 2.6GHz Dual-Core Opteron I see (SLES10 x86_64, xen-3.0.2_09763-0.8):

hw_caps                :
178bfbff:e3d3fbff:00000000:00000010:00000001:00000000:00000003
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64

So either there's no HVM support, or it wasn't compiled in... 8-(

[...]

Regards,
Ulrich


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