On Sun, 7 Oct 2007, Iain Curtain wrote: > psrinfo -vp > The physical processor has 2 virtual processors (0 1) > x86 (AuthenticAMD 20FB1 family 15 model 43 step 1 clock 2211 MHz) > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ > > Revision F of family 0xf (15) has model range 0x40 (64) > to 0x5f (95) (i.e., extended model numbers 4 and 5). > You have model 43 or 0x2b which is extended model 2, > which corresponds to revision E.
Interesting info! > Note that you need rev F if you want hardware virtualisation, > e.g. for Windows domU guests that are not paravirtualized. > If you have xVM paravirtualized domU OS such as Nevada build 75 > or various Linux versions you do not need hardware virtualization. > > So I think you and me are out of luck for Windows. Indeed. So I guess the next question is: is it possible to replace the Opeteron 152 CPU in the Ultra 20 with something that has at least as good performance as my current one, and supports HW virtualisation for Windoze? -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com
