Re: [Xen-users] AM2 motherboards with HVM support

[Tony Hoyle <tmh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin DeGraaf wrote:
> I have a Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 motherboard with an Athlon 64 X2 4600+
> (Windsor) CPU.
>
> The "svm" flag is present in /proc/cpuinfo, but "xm dmesg" contains:
>
>   (XEN) AMD SVM Extension is disabled in BIOS.
>
> I have carefully gone through the BIOS setup options, and I don't see
> anything relating to virtualization, HVM, SVM, AMD-V, etc.
See the thread "Xen 3.0.4.1 AMD-V HVM" from a month or so ago.  That was 
 with a GA-M61P-S3.  It seems to be a 'feature' of these gigabyte 
boards that they disable SVM and don't let you switch it on again.
The solution for that one was to downgrade to a version of the BIOS that 
didn't know how to switch SVM off.  That might work for you.
Otherwise, avoid gigabyte boards for xen use.

Tony

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