Re: [Xen-users] Hardware for HVM

[Christoph <princess@xxxxxxx>]

cpuinfo says:
root@pluto:/etc/xen# grep svm /proc/cpuinfo
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext
3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy misalignsse
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext
3dnow up pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy misalignsse

@Holger: How did you modify the BIOS binary? I can't find a switch for
the Virtualization feature in the BIOS. Probably they did not activate
it by now.

Best regards, Christoph


Age_M schrieb:
> Hello Christoph,
> 
> your CPU (AMD X2) has Virtualization-Support built-in. But you can also
> check with "grep svm /proc/cpuinfo".
> The problem is most of the time the lack of support for virtualization
> in the bios. I had the problem myself with a Gigabyte M61P-S3 rev1
> motherboard. I hat to modify (unhide the allready built-in
> virtualization feature) the bios binary file myself, as gigabytes
> technical support, wasn't willing to support virtualization. Maybe this
> works for your bios too, but it also could break your motherboard...
> 
> greetz Holger
> 
> Christoph wrote:
>> I am using a Asus M2A-VM mainboard with Athlon X2 2300 cpu. The
>> mainboard features a AMD 690G chipset. I thought this hardware is amd-v
>> compatible. While using xen with hvm I get the message:
>>
>> root@pluto:/etc/xen# xm create /etc/xen/win.cfg -c
>> Using config file "/etc/xen/win.cfg".
>> Error: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your
>> CPU and enabled in your BIOS?
>>
>> Nothing to configure in the BIOS. No comments at the vendors website.
>> Who knows if hvm works with the above hardware?
>>
>> If this hardware/mainboard is not compatible which one would be? I want
>> to use the rest of hardware (cpu, ram, nics)
>>
>> Xen 3.1 is running in ubuntu 7.10.
>>
>> Best regards, Christoph
>>
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