Intel Core Duo T2600 and higher have virtualization support. James
On Dec 7, 2007, at 5:48 AM, Douglas Atique wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to confirm which processors support the HVM full > virtualization mode. > > I own a Sony VGN-N38ZW which is equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo > T5500 processor and its BIOS doesn't present any options to enable VT. > > Since the machine is pretty new it is still in the warranty period, > thus I opened a case on Vaio support site to ask about this. > According to them VT is not supported and no BIOS updates will come > out. > > I don't trust the explanation they gave me, because there was none > at all. I would like to know whether this is really true. > > I have read reports of programs who write NVRAM locations to work > around the BIOS and enable VT. Is this possible? Or maybe is it > possible to run some program in Solaris to enable VT? > > In case this is really true and I won't be able to use VT on this > notebook, does anyone recommend any other notebooks for running > Windows and other stuff on top of OpenSolaris? I have heard that the > MacBook Pro will do it, but I am afraid SXCE won't run on it. > > Any hints appreciated. > > Cheers, > Douglas > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > [email protected] _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
