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Re: [Xen-devel] vmx problem

To: Fasiha Ashraf <feehapk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] vmx problem
From: "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:20:58 +0800
Cc: "Fajar A." <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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For paravirtualized guests I don't think you need the hardware virtualization assist (VMX). You only need vmx when you want to create HVM guests.

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On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Fasiha Ashraf <feehapk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Any plans for 'nested' VMX support? KVM seems to have that.
No i just need to enable virtualization flag on my intel xeon quad core processor, so that i can create paravirt VMs in my set-up. Which at this time virt-manager is not allowing me to do.

Regards,
Fasiha Ashraf

--- On Thu, 22/10/09, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:

From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>

Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] vmx problem
To: "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Fasiha Ashraf" <feehapk@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Fajar A." <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thursday, 22 October, 2009, 7:22 PM

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 03:12:04PM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
> VMX is hidden from guest kernels as it's not a feature they themselves can
> make use of. Hence it does not appear in the guest's /proc/cpuinfo.
>

Any plans for 'nested' VMX support? KVM seems to have that..

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