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>> Hey Guys, |
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>> I'm trying to get a hypervisor running. I've installed Gentoo 64bit on a |
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>> new(ish) HP XW6400. When booted with the minimal install CD, |
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>> /proc/cpuinfo |
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>> shows: |
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> <bla bla> |
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> Just build a stock (gentoo-sources) kernel on the same machine, and the |
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> vmx flag is there, along with a whole load of others. Now I'm really |
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> confused! I only care about that flag when I'm running a Xen kernel! |
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> Anybody got any ideas? |
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Well, don't I feel like an idiot. VT was disabled in the BIOS, under an |
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obscure 'OS Security' menu option. I was thrown off the scent because of |
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the difference in cpu flags shown under stock linux vs. linux running as |
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dom0 under Xen. Apparently Xen isolates some of the machine capabilities |
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from even dom0. For anybody having similar troubles - xm dmesg | grep -i |
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vmx will show you definitely whether VMX has been picked up or not. You're |
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looking for: |
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(XEN) HVM: VMX enabled |
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Best Wishes, |
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Paul |
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