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