* [gentoo-amd64] [OT] AMD-V virtualization on Athlon64 X2
@ 2006-11-16 15:57 Etaoin Shrdlu
2006-11-16 15:54 ` Marco Matthies
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From: Etaoin Shrdlu @ 2006-11-16 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-amd64
After some searches, it's still unclear to me whether my CPU, an AMD
Athlon64 X2 4600+ (socket AM2) supports AMD-V hardware virtualization.
Some sites say that only opterons have virtualization support, others
say that all AM2 CPUs have virtualization. Even the AMD site is not
clear (to me at last).
Is there a way (eg, by looking into /proc/cpuinfo or somewhere else) to
find out for sure?
Sorry if I missed something obvious.
Thanks
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* Re: [gentoo-amd64] [OT] AMD-V virtualization on Athlon64 X2
2006-11-16 15:57 [gentoo-amd64] [OT] AMD-V virtualization on Athlon64 X2 Etaoin Shrdlu
@ 2006-11-16 15:54 ` Marco Matthies
2006-11-16 16:34 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
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From: Marco Matthies @ 2006-11-16 15:54 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-amd64
Etaoin Shrdlu schrieb:
> After some searches, it's still unclear to me whether my CPU, an AMD
> Athlon64 X2 4600+ (socket AM2) supports AMD-V hardware virtualization.
> Some sites say that only opterons have virtualization support, others
> say that all AM2 CPUs have virtualization. Even the AMD site is not
> clear (to me at last).
I believe all AM2 Athlon64's have AMD-V, not exactly sure though. It may
also be disabled at the BIOS level.
> Is there a way (eg, by looking into /proc/cpuinfo or somewhere else) to
> find out for sure?
Look for svm in the flags line in /proc/cpuinfo (for Intel VT you would
look for vmx).
egrep '^flags.*svm' /proc/cpuinfo
Marco
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* Re: [gentoo-amd64] [OT] AMD-V virtualization on Athlon64 X2
2006-11-16 15:54 ` Marco Matthies
@ 2006-11-16 16:34 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
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From: Etaoin Shrdlu @ 2006-11-16 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-amd64
On Thursday 16 November 2006 16:54, Marco Matthies wrote:
> > Is there a way (eg, by looking into /proc/cpuinfo or somewhere else)
> > to find out for sure?
>
> Look for svm in the flags line in /proc/cpuinfo (for Intel VT you
> would look for vmx).
> egrep '^flags.*svm' /proc/cpuinfo
That's it, many thanks.
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