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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thank you for your time Brian, and I do apologize / My next question after Xen is loading is going to be exactly that; all about Xen I guess. Ya that TxT implemtation--> although it's worth using to help others. Seems like a GPG-layer for bios implementation; something or other. <br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 21:40:29 -0600<br>From: kc0iog@gmail.com<br>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Using full virtualization capabilities of CPU<br><br><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:58 PM, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><div>> Hello, I recently purchased a new/used computer it's a Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p. Model# MT-M 9088-A83<br>> Some critical specifications for the unit are listed below. <---<a href="http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd001456" target="_blank">http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd001456</a><br>> Intel Core™ 2 Duo processor -E6550<br><br>> It looks like the Core 2 Duo CPU E-6000 series does in fact support VT-x<br>> terminal command ---> cat /proc/cpuinfo <---flags [vmx] <---appears on the computer.<br><br>> When I enter the system Bios --> Setup Utility --> Advanced<br>> there are options:<br>> Intel (R) Virtualization Technology<br>><br>> Enable TxT<br>> Enable VT-d<br><br></div><div>Paul,</div><div><br></div><div>Enabling VT-d in the BIOS should give you what you want to run Xen (or any hypervisor) on this system. I have a Lenovo M57p myself and run various hypervisors on it without issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Beware of TxT. To be honest I had never heard of this, but after reading about it:</div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Execution_Technology" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Execution_Technology</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I would be wary of enabling it. <br></div><div><br></div><div>> Cause I don't see any options for GVT/d/g/s listed in the Bios selections of the Lenovo.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure where this requirement came from. VT-d is what you want, so if it's enabled, you should be good to go.</div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div></div>
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