From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Ahern" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add microcode patch level dummy Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:38:16 -0700 Message-ID: <49623778.4040808@cisco.com> References: <1231167767-851-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> <4962353D.70909@codemonkey.ws> <496235B0.2090802@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Anthony Liguori , kvm@vger.kernel.org, avi@redhat.com To: Alexander Graf Return-path: Received: from sj-iport-2.cisco.com ([171.71.176.71]:3995 "EHLO sj-iport-2.cisco.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751755AbZAEQiW (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:38:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <496235B0.2090802@suse.de> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Alexander Graf wrote: > Anthony Liguori wrote: >> Alexander Graf wrote: >>> VMware ESX checks if the microcode level is correct when using a >>> barcelona CPU, in >>> order to see if it actually can use SVM. Let's tell it we're on the >>> safe side... >>> >> Sounds like you're able to boot ESX? Are you able to run a guest yet? > > The moment you wrote the mail I just managed to get ReactOS running in > ESX. It does not use SVM yet though. I wonder when/if ESX actually does > use SVM. > Is the guest 64-bit? I am suspecting ESX 3.5 series does not use VT/SVM for 32-bit guests, but have not been able to positively confirm it. david > Alex > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >