Processor support: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:25, 3 November 2014

Information about what cpu supports Hardware virtualization.

INTEL:

VT-x, shows in /proc/cpuinfo as the vmx flag. (grep vmx /proc/cpuinfo)

AKA Vanderpool

See Wikipedia's article on x86 virtualization, for a list of processors that include it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Intel_Virtualization_Technology_for_x86_.28Intel_VT-x.29

AMD:

AMD-V, shows in /proc/cpuinfo as the svm flag. (grep svm /proc/cpuinfo)

AKA Pacifica, AKA AMD Virtualization

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#AMD_virtualization_.28AMD-V.29

ARM:

Virtualization support for ARM was initially added to ARMv7-A processors starting with Cortex-A15 and including Cortex-A7 and Cortex-A17.

ARMv8-A processors include support for virtualization.

Refer to http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/ for more information.

PowerPC:

KVM for PowerPC supports selected embedded cores. It also supports all 64-bit server / desktop class CPUs like the G5, POWER4 and above, Cell, 970MP, and 32-bit desktop class CPUs like the G3, G4, e300, etc.

BookE 440	YES
BookE 500	YES
Book3S PPC64	YES
Book3S PPC32	YES

S390:

Every S390 that has 64-bit support can use KVM. So if your mainframe is at least a z9, you're good!

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 Information about what cpu supports Hardware virtualization.
+==== INTEL: ====
+VT-x, shows in /proc/cpuinfo as the vmx flag. (grep vmx /proc/cpuinfo)
+AKA Vanderpool
+See Wikipedia's article on x86 virtualization,
+for a list of processors that include it.
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Intel_Virtualization_Technology_for_x86_.28Intel_VT-x.29
 ==== AMD: ====
-I emailed to "tech.support at amd.com" and they returned that these two sites are the only two sites which provides people with these informations. Poor answer. Search for AMD-V on these sites
-[http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_15226,00.html?redir=CP8501 Third-Generation AMD Opteron™]
+AMD-V, shows in /proc/cpuinfo as the svm flag. (grep svm /proc/cpuinfo)
+AKA Pacifica, AKA AMD Virtualization
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#AMD_virtualization_.28AMD-V.29
+==== ARM: ====
+Virtualization support for ARM was initially added to ARMv7-A processors starting with Cortex-A15 and including Cortex-A7 and Cortex-A17.
+ARMv8-A processors include support for virtualization.
+Refer to http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/ for more information.
+==== PowerPC: ====
+KVM for PowerPC supports selected embedded cores. It also supports all 64-bit server / desktop class CPUs like the G5, POWER4 and above, Cell, 970MP, and 32-bit desktop class CPUs like the G3, G4, e300, etc.
+{| style="width:20%"
+|BookE 440
+|style="color:green"|YES
+|-
+|BookE 500
+|style="color:green"|YES
+|-
+|Book3S PPC64
+|style="color:green"|YES
+|-
+|Book3S PPC32
+|style="color:green"|YES
+|}
+==== S390: ====
-[http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_14266,00.html Second-Generation AMD Opteron™]
+Every S390 that has 64-bit support can use KVM. So if your mainframe is at least a z9, you're good!