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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Richard Simpson <rs1002@huskydog.org.uk>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Setting nx bit in virtual CPU
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:43:14 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BB45CA2.5040304@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BB126AC.8040401@huskydog.org.uk>

On 03/30/2010 01:16 AM, Richard Simpson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Summary: How can I have a virtual CPU with the nx bit set whilst
> enjoying KVM acceleration?
>
> My Host - AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ running Gentoo
> My VM - KVM running hardened Gentoo
> My KVM version - 0.12.3
> My Task - Implement restricted secure VM to handle services exposed to
> internet.
> My Command - kvm -hda /dev/mapper/vols-andrew -kernel ./bzImage -append
> root=/dev/hda2 -cpu host -runas xxx -net nic -net user -m 256 -k en-gb
> -vnc :1 -monitor stdio
>
>    


Are you running a 32-bit non-pae host kernel?  In that case, nx is 
disabled both for the guest and host.  Switch to a pae (or 64-bit) 
kernel and all should be well.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-04-01 16:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-29 22:16 Setting nx bit in virtual CPU Richard Simpson
2010-03-30  2:12 ` Chris Wright
2010-03-30 20:42   ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-01  8:43 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2010-04-02 21:07   ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-05  8:27     ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-06 22:31       ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-07  5:39         ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-07 12:10           ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-07 12:23             ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-07 20:38               ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-07 20:48                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-07 23:13                   ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-08  7:23                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-08 23:55                       ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-10 19:34                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-04-08  8:52                   ` Andre Przywara
2010-04-08 21:23                     ` Richard Simpson
2010-04-09 23:45                       ` Andre Przywara
2010-04-12 21:15                         ` Richard Simpson

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