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Information about what cpu supports Hardware virtualization.
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: ====
==== 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

Revision as of 00:26, 19 April 2009

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:

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

AKA Pacifica

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