[PLUG] Determining BIOS Settings Without Rebooting

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Wed Aug 12 18:51:55 UTC 2009


On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Carl Karsten wrote:

> "To run fully virtualized guests, host CPU support is needed. This is
> typically referred to as Intel VT, or AMD-V. Xen uses a generic 'HVM'
> layer to support both CPU vendors. To check for Intel VT support look for
> the 'vmx' flag, or for AMD-V support check for 'svm' flag: "

> looks like you are good.

Carl,

   I know the svm flag is there, but want confirmation its presence means
that the AMD-V support is turned on and not just available. Do the flags
represent active capabilities?

Thanks,

Rich

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