Re: [Xen-users] VT-X - Documentation and Requirements

[Luke <secureboot@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 20, 2006, at 3:48 PM, Luke wrote:

> I'm trying to find some documentation on how exactly Xen uses VT- 
> X.  Where's a good place to look for this?  The Xen Wiki was fairly  
> sparse... I've read the Pentium VT-X whitepaper, but I'm still at a  
> loss as to how some of the pieces fit into the Xen structure under  
> HVM (Grant tables, for instance), and i'd like to be able to find  
> the answers, instead of asking 20 questions here.
I'm still quite stuck on this.

> I'm also trying to figure out if there's hardware out there now  
> that will let me run unmodified guests - I know the 9xx series  
> Pentium D's support this, but I heard rumors that more was  
> necessary.  Motherboards?  Updated BIOSes?  Is there anywhere I can  
> look for the requirements (or figure them out, if the Xen VT-X  
> documentation somewhere is good), as well as, hopefully, a list of  
> currently working boards?
Anyone willing to post a motherboard model that had a BIOS that works  
with VT-X?  Maybe I can figure it out if I have a few examples.
It'd be nice to know what exactly VT-X requires from the BIOS as  
well, and why...
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