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From: Richard Simpson <rs1002@huskydog.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Setting nx bit in virtual CPU
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:10:45 +0100
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On 07/04/10 06:39, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/07/2010 01:31 AM, Richard Simpson wrote:
>>
>>> 2.6.27 should be plenty fine for nx.  Really the important bit is that
>>> the host kernel has nx enabled.  Can you check if that is so?
>>>
>>>      
>> Umm, could you give me a clue about how to do that.  It is some time
>> since I configured the host kernel, but I do have a /proc/config.gz.
>> Could I check by looking in that?
>>    
> 
> The attached script should verify it.
> 

rs% ./check-nx
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./check-nx", line 17, in <module>
    efer = msr().read(0xc0000080, 0)
  File "./check-nx", line 8, in __init__
    self.f = file('/dev/msr0')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/msr0'

Sorry!