From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-100750-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Mqjho-0006iO-0V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:29:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DEC3DE082F; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:29:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice06.Princeton.EDU [128.112.133.8]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6BC2E082F for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:29:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8O8TYLf004511 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:29:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n8O8TXGs028095 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:29:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B6F2518D085; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:30:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:30:30 -0400 From: Willie Wong <wwong@math.princeton.edu> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kvm and intel E5450 processor Message-ID: <20090924083030.GA8690@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <BAY112-W80B59D8334A850FFA9134BADA0@phx.gbl> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <BAY112-W80B59D8334A850FFA9134BADA0@phx.gbl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: e0d7ac14-d557-4dc3-95cc-8ae8cc8c7b58 X-Archives-Hash: 808e053093d0c20f4b09a02a7fb52d17 On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:17:13PM -0500, Penguin Lover James Erickson squawked: > today i installed two quad core Intel Xeon > E5450's (Harpertown). i notice in /proc/cpuinfo i no longer have a vmx > flag as i had with my previous Intel E5405's. i have also noticed that > my /dev/kvm device is no longer created. VT is enabled in the bios. the > data for the E5450's states that they have Intel Virtualization > Technology. so why dont i have a /dev/kvm? have i spent all that money > on processors that can't use kvm? can anyone shed some light on this > issue for me? i am confused. A first, possibly dumb, question I'd ask is: Was kvm support compiled into the kernel? W -- This sentence no verb. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1021 days, 7:21