Processor support: Difference between revisions

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Information about what cpu supports Hardware virtualization.

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

AKA Vanderpool

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

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

AKA Pacifica

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 Information about what cpu supports Hardware virtualization.
+==== INTEL: ====
+VT-x, shows in /proc/cpuinfo as the vmx flag.
+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.
+AKA Pacifica
-[http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_14266,00.html Second-Generation AMD Opteron™]
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#AMD_virtualization_.28AMD-V.29