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[Klaus Addicks <klaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Montag 10. August 2009 03:19:50 schrieb Raphael Gradenwitz:
> Q: is VT not already enabled on sony z-series under Linux completely
> independent from bios?
>
> Simple test on cpu flag 'vmx' like:
>
>  # begin test
> echo; echo -n "  Full-Virtualization is ";\
> grep '^flags.*vmx' /proc/cpuinfo || echo -n "not ";\
> echo "suported by your CPU"; echo
>  # end test

It just says that your CPU supports VT, but not if it's activated.

> and a working kvm (out of the box) makes me suspect that it does..

KVM even works without VT, but of course only in QEMU mode.

Easiest way to check working VT, is starting Virtualbox. An icon indicates if 
VT is active or not.

On my Z21 the EFI hack was necessary to use VT!

Greets,
Klaus