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On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Dan Dart wrote:
Is there a way to test if a processor has HVM support, i.e. the flags from /proc/cpuinfo ? Or do I just install XEN and ask it?AMD: cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep svm Intel: cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vt In general, new P4s and above and Athlon 64s and above will have virtualisation.
Watch out for the core 2 Duo processors - some of the don't!XEN (and KVM) should work OK on CPUs without virtualisation, but there will be more of a speed penalty.
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