vmd: /dev/vmm: Operation not supported by device

2016-10-31 Thread johnw
Hi, I know my cpu (Intel E8400) support vt-x/vt-d, but when I run vmd, vmd: /dev/vmm: Operation not supported by device What is this mean? I did run kvm/qemu/linux on this machine before, and just checked my bios setting, the "Intel® Virtualization Technology" is enabled. Is this c

Re: vmd: /dev/vmm: Operation not supported by device

2016-10-31 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 05:56:12PM +0800, johnw wrote: > Hi, I know my cpu (Intel E8400) support vt-x/vt-d, but when I run vmd, > > vmd: /dev/vmm: Operation not supported by device > Is this cpu support to run vmd? > vmm0 at mainbus0: VMX It seems the current implementation only

Re: vmd: /dev/vmm: Operation not supported by device

2016-10-31 Thread johnw
On 10/31/2016 06:09 PM, Stefan Sperling wrote: > It seems the current implementation only supports a CPU if dmesg displays > "VMX/EPT", not just "VMX" (the vmmopen() function only succeeds if EPT > support is present). > > As for if or when this will change, I cannot say. > > Keep in mind that we'r

Re: vmd: /dev/vmm: Operation not supported by device

2016-10-31 Thread Mike Larkin
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:09:09AM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 05:56:12PM +0800, johnw wrote: > > Hi, I know my cpu (Intel E8400) support vt-x/vt-d, but when I run vmd, > > > > vmd: /dev/vmm: Operation not supported by device > > >