From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add microcode patch level dummy Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:40:05 -0600 Message-ID: <496237E5.6050503@codemonkey.ws> 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; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, avi@redhat.com To: Alexander Graf Return-path: Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.24]:34215 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754013AbZAEQkR (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:40:17 -0500 Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 22so866611eye.37 for ; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:40:14 -0800 (PST) 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. > I'm pretty certain that if ESX detects that it is running under ESX, it disables SVM/VT. There was a fair bit of noise a few months ago because a certain beta version of VMware didn't do this which meant you could no longer run ESX nested. They quickly fixed that. I'd try disabling vmport and the hypervisor present bit. Regards, Anthony Liguori > Alex > >