[kernel-xen] Problems with HVM virtualisation on AMD boxes

Steven Haigh netwiz at crc.id.au
Thu Dec 13 10:52:37 EST 2012


Have a look at the output of 'xm info' - it will tell you what you can do.

 From memory, you won't see an svm tag when booting into the Xen 
hypervisor as that would indicate you could run a hypervisor within a 
hypervisor - which is not supported at this point.

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Steven Haigh

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On 13/12/2012 7:59 AM, jules wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using this kernels (3.6.9-2.el6xen.x86_64) in Scientific Linux 6.x on a
> old AMD Phenom and a fat Dual Opteron Box for an OpenNebula prototype. I
> planed to run all VMs in HVM mode but now it looks like your Xen kernels
> don't support HVM virtualisattion on AMD CPUs.
>
> First I checked the BIOS setting to ensure virtualisation is enabled.
> If i do a 'grep -i svm /proc/cpuinfo' i don't get anything. The same on a
> original SL kernel will find a svm entry in the flags.
>
> You did a great job and it would be nice to keep your kernels. Did I missed
> something or do you plan to support AMD in the near future?
>
> Thank you for your answers or hints.
>
> Regards Jules
>
>
>
>
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