Xen users - Nov 2006 - Xen/HVM on Intel 945G[Z] Chipset, Asus P5GZ-MX BIOS

Hi List!

We want to order new hardware for or training course lab, it should run
xen HVMs. CPU will be Intel core 2 duo. Does anybody know if the Intel
chipset 945GZ and the BIOS of the ASUS P5GZ-MX are IVT-aware?

/nils.


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Nils Toedtmann wrote:
> Hi List!
> 
> We want to order new hardware for or training course lab, it should run
> xen HVMs. CPU will be Intel core 2 duo. Does anybody know if the Intel
> chipset 945GZ and the BIOS of the ASUS P5GZ-MX are IVT-aware?
> 
> /nils.
Hi Nils, just my two eurocents,

I have an Intel 945GM Chipset here running a paravirtualized guest 
(Debian/Sid) and an fullvirtualized guest (W*n XP). Be aware, that  not 
all core 2 duos support vmx, you can find the specs somewhere on the 
Intel site. To the mainboard I can say nothing.

Gruss,
Oliver

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Am Sonntag, den 12.11.2006, 11:34 +0100 schrieb Nils
Toedtmann:
> We want to order new hardware for or training course lab, it should run
> xen HVMs. CPU will be Intel core 2 duo. Does anybody know if the Intel
> chipset 945GZ and the BIOS of the ASUS P5GZ-MX are IVT-aware?
I just found another cheap board for Core2duo, the ASUS P5B-VM with
intels G965 chipset (ICH8, GMA X3000). Any HVM success story?

/nils.




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Hello

am running XEN HVM on:

Core2Duo e6600
Intel DG965SSCK Shrewsbury, iG965G. mATX
2x1GB PC 667MB
2x250GB SATA swRAID1

- rock stable
- you will need to compile e1000 module using latest intel linux
drivers because kernel driver for e1000 doesnt work under xen (at
least 2.6.16.29-xen)
- little problematic installation becuase of jmicron pata controller
used on mb. Solved with booting from USB CD-ROM

Br

Peter Braun





2006/11/12, Nils Toedtmann
<xen-users@nils.toedtmann.net>:
> Am Sonntag, den 12.11.2006, 11:34 +0100 schrieb Nils Toedtmann:
> > We want to order new hardware for or training course lab, it should
run
> > xen HVMs. CPU will be Intel core 2 duo. Does anybody know if the Intel
> > chipset 945GZ and the BIOS of the ASUS P5GZ-MX are IVT-aware?
>
> I just found another cheap board for Core2duo, the ASUS P5B-VM with
> intels G965 chipset (ICH8, GMA X3000). Any HVM success story?
>
> /nils.
>
>
>
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Am Sonntag, den 12.11.2006, 13:39 +0100 schrieb Peter
Braun:
> 2006/11/12, Nils Toedtmann <xen-users@nils.toedtmann.net>:
> > Am Sonntag, den 12.11.2006, 11:34 +0100 schrieb Nils Toedtmann:
> > > We want to order new hardware for or training course lab, it
should run
> > > xen HVMs. CPU will be Intel core 2 duo. Does anybody know if the
Intel
> > > chipset 945GZ and the BIOS of the ASUS P5GZ-MX are IVT-aware?
> >
> > I just found another cheap board for Core2duo, the ASUS P5B-VM with
> > intels G965 chipset (ICH8, GMA X3000). Any HVM success story?
>
> am running XEN HVM on:
> 
> Core2Duo e6600
> Intel DG965SSCK Shrewsbury, iG965G. mATX
> 2x1GB PC 667MB
> 2x250GB SATA swRAID1
> 
> - rock stable
> - you will need to compile e1000 module using latest intel linux
> drivers because kernel driver for e1000 doesnt work under xen (at
> least 2.6.16.29-xen)
> - little problematic installation becuase of jmicron pata controller
> used on mb. Solved with booting from USB CD-ROM
Thanks, good to know that G965 works with linux & xen/HVM. But we need a
cheap MoBo with external SATA, so the DG965SSCK is no option.

/n.


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> I just found another cheap board for Core2duo, the ASUS P5B-VM with
> intels G965 chipset (ICH8, GMA X3000). Any HVM success story?
 
If you get it working nils or anyone, please do mention it.  I''ve been
looking at that board too.

If there is an option for vt in the bios, can we assume it is supported.

I though about contacting the OEM but with the stories of Dell reps
saying a box was supported and then it turning out not to be...don''t
know if that would actually be much use.

I wish it could be as easy as finding out if there is an option for vt
in the bios.

Shawn




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Am Montag, den 13.11.2006, 07:19 +0900 schrieb Shawn:
>  > I just found another cheap board for Core2duo, the ASUS P5B-VM with
> > intels G965 chipset (ICH8, GMA X3000). Any HVM success story?
>  
> If you get it working nils or anyone, please do mention it.  I''ve
been
> looking at that board too.
> 
> If there is an option for vt in the bios, can we assume it is supported.
I asked on the ASUS forum, too, and some friendly human replied that he
found "Vanderpool: enabled" on the CPU-page of his P5B-VM BIOS (he
uses
a conroe CPU). However, that option is greyed out and cannot be changed
to "disabled" - what that mean? Is VT enabled and usable or would the
BIOS enable VT but mistakenly it believes there is no VT-aware CPU?

Is there a test program for Win32 which checks, if the VMX-instructions
are actually available?

/nils.


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It works!

FC6 runs xen-hvm on an ASUS P5B-VM out-of-the-box (at least with update
kernel 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen). The P5B-VM has an intel G965 chipset,
including GMI X3000 graphics adapter and ICH8R SATA controller, the BIOS
revision is 0307. Setting the SATA BIOS option "AHCI", the only
problem
left was that FC6 does not recognize the onboard RealTek 8111B GB NIC.

/nils. 


Am Dienstag, den 14.11.2006, 11:36 +0100 schrieb Nils
Toedtmann:
> Am Montag, den 13.11.2006, 07:19 +0900 schrieb Shawn:
> >  > I just found another cheap board for Core2duo, the ASUS P5B-VM
with
> > > intels G965 chipset (ICH8, GMA X3000). Any HVM success story?
> >  
> > If you get it working nils or anyone, please do mention it. 
I''ve been
> > looking at that board too.
> > 
> > If there is an option for vt in the bios, can we assume it is
supported.
> 
> I asked on the ASUS forum, too, and some friendly human replied that he
> found "Vanderpool: enabled" on the CPU-page of his P5B-VM BIOS
(he uses
> a conroe CPU). However, that option is greyed out and cannot be changed
> to "disabled" - what that mean? Is VT enabled and usable or would
the
> BIOS enable VT but mistakenly it believes there is no VT-aware CPU?
> 
> Is there a test program for Win32 which checks, if the VMX-instructions
> are actually available?
> 
> /nils.
> 
> 
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