On Sat 11 Oct 2008 11:38:09 NZDT +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > I'm trying to install an instance of a recent olpc image into a > VirtualBox running on my T41 ThinkPad. > Said image tests for the existence of the 3Dnow instructions, which a > standard VirtualBox doesn't provide.
> Anybody here know how to add the 3Dnow instruction(s) to a VirtualBox > emulator. If virtualbox is a simulator, then it would simulate each CPU instruction by a software function. It would be deaaad slow. If it is an emulator, it uses the instructions by the CPU as-is. Much better speed, but it's also don't have - can't no do. So if your Intel CPU doesn't have 3dnow, no emulator can magically make it appear (as they would need software simulation). I don't think vmware does that either - e.g. it doesn't run 64bit guests on 32bit hosts (unless I'm way off here). Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
