Re: Xen on intel DG965RY motherboard

[Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 03:04:41PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> On Intel DG965RY machine running NetBSD 6.1 i386, xentools 4.1 DOM0
> kernel, DOM0 boots fine, though when trying to create an instance, get an
> error that the hardware does not support virtualization.
> 
> Following is the processor information.
> 
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 6
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
> stepping        : 5
> cpu MHz         : 2997.18
> fdiv_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 6
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm 

> - Would appreciate any help in flashing the BIOS using NetBSD.

Intel also provided a bootable ISO for BIOS upgrade, using which I
upgraded the firmware. No new option appeared in the BIOS. Xen continues
to say the following:

Error: HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU
and enabled in your BIOS?


Mayuresh