Re: [Xen-users] VT laptop anyone?

[Miguel Filipe <miguel.filipe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

On 1/17/06, Dave Schroeder <das@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It seems that the shipping iMacs do have VT enabled. From dmesg on an
> iMac Core Duo:
>
> CPU features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE
> MCA CMOV PAT CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM SSE3 MON VMX
> EST TM2 TPR
>    HTT: 2 cores per package; 2 logical cpus per package
> CPU extended features: XD
>
> The Virtual Machine Extensions ("VMX") flag, which represents the VT
> support, is present.
>

That for me, looks like a "go" for iMacs.
Now, we only have to have linux booting in that, and find a way to
work with EFI instead of the bios everybody counts on..

Any words about BIOS vs EFI issues that affect Xen using VMX properly?


> More info from shipping Intel Core Duo Macs:
>
> http://appleintelfaq.com/#17.6
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Schroeder           |    University of Wisconsin - Madison
> Senior Systems Engineer  |   Division of Information Technology
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> Web:   das.doit.wisc.edu | B263 Computer Science and Statistics
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Miguel Sousa Filipe

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