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RE: [Xen-users] RE: Research -> do participate.....


  • To: "Jonathan Ervine" <jervine@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:25:23 +0100
  • Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:26:26 -0800
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-users] RE: Research -> do participate.....

> state you need an Intel VT chip or an AMD 'Pacifica' (I can't remember
> the released branding for the chip... Pacifica is a much 
> cooler name :-)

Maybe it's cooler, but it's also trademarked by some other company, so
it's not a good name for a product from AMD - unless we want to be sued.
AMD-V or AMD Virtualization Technology is the official marketing name.
SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) is the engineering product name. 

> ). You can verify that you have this type of chip by looking at
> /proc/cpuinfo (AMDs have the svn flag - I can't remember what Intel's
> have... google is your friend here).

Flag is called "svm" on AMD processors and "vmx" (for Virtual Machine
eXtension) on Intel. 

--
Mats
> 
> As you can probably guess, my install system was an AMD 
> system, with 4GB
> of RAM. I've used both 32 bit and 64 bit kernels for XEN and been able
> to run 32 bit Windows. I've not yet been able to install 64 
> bit Windows
> - keeps barfing on the ACPI stuff (although I've not had a go 
> again for
> a while lately).
> 
> Hopefully some of this helps clarify that it is indeed possible on the
> correct hardware.
> 
> Jon
> 
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