On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:29:40 +0800 Guanghui, Cheng (GC) wrote:
GC> Hello:
GC> I tried to compile the Nova in the AMD 64-bit platform and found
GC> some errors like this:
GC> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
GC> {standard input}:163: Error: no such instruction: `invept 16(%esp),%eax'
GC> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
GC> {standard input}:91: Error: no such instruction: `invvpid (%esp),%eax'
GC> {standard input}:349: Error: no such instruction: `invvpid (%esp),%eax'
Your binutils are too old and therefore cannot assemble these instructions.
If you run "ld -v" you'll see what version you have. You'll need at least
the version mentioned in the README file.
GC> I removed these codes and it could compile sussessfully. But i
GC> am not sure this behaviour is correct or not.
With the code removed, the hypervisor will not function correctly.
GC> I also ran the Nova-demo-cd in the AMD 64-bit platform and the
GC> nova could boot. And cycleburner could WORK well but VMM can't work
GC> because of this error:
GC> start_modules:
GC> create_pd = 5 (error number).
Looks like your CPU does not support virtualization. What CPU is it?
Output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo" under Linux would be helpful.
Cheers,
- Udo
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