[PLUG] VMware users group meeting

[Alan Olsen]

On 1/18/07, MJang <mike at mommabears.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:59 -0800, Jason Martin wrote:
> > On 1/18/07, Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Auke Kok wrote:
> > >
> > > > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> > > >> To add a Xen twist to this, there are certain types of Intel (and
> > > >> AMD, I think) chips that can run Windows guests under Xen. The
> > > >> VMware marketing guys flag this as "Did you know you need special
> > > >> hardware to run Windows with Xen?" :) But just how special *are*
> > > >> these chips? If I walked into Fry's or CompUsa or Office Depot and
> > > >> just bought "a PC" that was manufactured recently, would the chips
> > > >> in it have the ability to run a Windows guest under Xen?
> > > >
> > > > Personally, I'd prefer KVM over Xen considering the recent work that
> > > > has been done and the outlook, which is significantly more positive
> > > > than Xen's.
> > > >
> > > > About the CPU's: you'll need the 'vmx' extension listed in
> > > > /proc/cpuinfo. In practice, all core 2 duo's and pentium 4's have
> > > > it, so it's not that special, but many celeron's come without it.
> > >
> > > Strike that bit about Pentium 4's. Most, but not all, Pentium D's are
> > > VT-enabled, but the P4 has been on the market a long time, and most of
> > > them in production are pre-VT.
> >
> > Also, since Auke didn't mention them, the Core Duos (not Core 2 Duos)
> > also come with VT.
>
> I've successfully enabled and run VT on a T7200 Core 2 Duo. As I
> understand it, most Core 2 Duos (T5600 and above) run VT fine.
>
> The AMD Pacifica chips, TL-50(?) and above also run VT.


Unfortunatly the AMD64 in my laptop does not.