RE: [Xen-users] Windows on XEN with Vanderpool

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Jerry Amundson
> Sent: 27 May 2006 16:53
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows on XEN with Vanderpool
> 
> On Sat May 27 2006 08:26, Marco wrote:
> > >I threw together a wiki on HVM along these lines...
> > >http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Processors
> >
> > I have seen that the AMD-CPUs are missing...
> > You can safely add "All AMD Athlon64 CPUs in a AM2 Socket (Stepping 
> > F)" to the list. They rare all intend to have Pacifica on board.
> >
> > (Note: Athlon64, not Semperons. They are lacking exactly that
> > feature)
> 
> I see this information as useful towards a purchase decision. 
> I'd rather leave it TBD, and only include processors 
> available for sale currently. 
> Although the statement above is safe, as a new user I'd find 
> it misleading as I might believe my current AMD Athlon64 CPU 
> in a AM2 Socket (Stepping F) to be HVM-capable, only to end 
> up with "Error: Not an HVM capable platform, we stop creating!"

They are available for sale now - ok, so your local Fry's or PC World
may not have any in stock, but they are available to buy from AMD. 

AMD's press-release:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~108605
,00.html

I managed to find at least one web-site that advertise the FX-62
processor (and several other AM2 processors) for sale, so it appears
that it is possible to order them from retailers.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?Edp
No=2207290&Sku=CP1-AM2-FX62&SRCCODE=CNETFEED&CMP=OTC-CNETFEED

I have no connection with the Tigerdirect company, it's purely a result
of googling for FX-62, which is one of the AM2 processors. I have no
clue whether this is a good, bad or ugly retailer... 

All Athlon/Opteron/Turion brand products in AM2 sockets should have SVM
(please don't use Pacifica, as that's the internal code-name, and it is
under copyright by some other company... The proper terms are "AMD
Virtualization technology" or "Secure Virtual Machine", the latter
shortened to SVM.)

As the processor requires a new motherboard, there's less likelyhood for
the trouble that some people have had with Intel systems where the
enabling of VT doesn't work or isn't available...  As far as I know,
there are no Rev F processors that doesn't have virtualization, aside
from the Sempron models (which is one of the differentiating factors
between Sempron and the more expensive models - not sure what else
besides the obvious cache size differences... Although I can't find any
list of differences and there's currently no AM2 docuementation on the
Web-site, besides the simple compare products pages, which don't git
much details, unfortunately).

--
Mats


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