Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932667AbXAHU7K (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:59:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932672AbXAHU7K (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:59:10 -0500 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.146]:42404 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932667AbXAHU7J (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:59:09 -0500 Message-ID: <45A2B099.5010701@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:59:05 -0600 From: Anthony Liguori User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Chua CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: KVM ... bypass BIOS check for VT? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1043 Lines: 36 Jeff Chua wrote: > I'm resending this under KVM as a subject and hope to get response. > > kvm: disabled by bios > > I know this has been asked before and the answer was no. Does it still > stand or is there a way to bypass the bios? I'm using Lenovo X60s and > there's no option to enable VT in the BIOS setup. There are two MSR bits involved in enabling VT. The first bit enables/disables VT. The second bit prevents the first bit from being changed until the next power up. If the BIOS is setting the second bit while disabling the first bit, there's nothing that can be done to work around it. Sorry. Contact Lenovo and ask for a BIOS update. Regards, Anthony Liguori > /proc/cpuinfo shows "VMX". > > > Another question ... how to enable "mouse" in KVM? > > > Thanks, > Jeff. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/