Re: [Fedora-xen] virtinst: do I have virtualization or not?

On 03/16/2011 04:32 PM, Mike Wright wrote: > On 03/16/2011 12:53 PM, Cole Robinson wrote: >> On 03/16/2011 03:00 PM, Mike Wright wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Using f14-x86_64 installed from the LiveCD with myoung's f12-xendom0. >>> It boots both standalone and with xen. >>> >>> /sys/hypervisor is populated. >>> >>> /proc/cpuinfo reports CPU is AMD Phenom II X4 B60 "Black Edition". >>> Virtualization is [ENABLED] in the BIOS. >>> > > Thanks for the reply, Cole. >> >> Could help to provide the full /proc/cpuinfo output, as well as 'virsh >> --connect xen:/// capabilities' as root > > http://pastebin.com/t6pUs03p > Well, seems like libvirt is reporting that you can indeed install fullvirt guests, so despite that error message in virt-manager things should work fine. >>> I'm trying to add a virtual machine using Virtual Machine Manager 0.8.5 >>> but when I select *New* I receive the following: >>> >>> "Warning: Host does not appear to support hardware virtualization. >>> Install options may be limited." >>> >>> According to this link (s.b. one line) it does. >>> >>> "http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20II%20X2%20560%20-%20HDZ560WFK2DGM%20%28HDZ560WFGMBOX%29.html". >>> >>> >>> Now according to another webpage the AMD processor must have the flag >>> "svm" to have virtualization. My CPU does NOT have that flag but it >>> does have one called "hypervisor". >>> >> >> Hmm, not sure what the hypervisor flag is, but virtinst is looking for vmx or >> svm reported in libvirt capabilities > > Could be as simple as adding "hypervisor" to the list of acceptable flags, but > I wouldn't put a paycheck on that guess ;) > After some googling, I found this debian bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=604160 Seems like hypervisor just means you are booted into xen, and doesn't say anything about whether fullvirt is supported. Does booting into a regular kernel show svm in cpuinfo? Anything interesting in 'xm dmesg'?