RE: [Xen-users] Is HP server hardware incompatible with Xen?

Petersson, Mats
2007-06-19T12:04:20Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of
> Jérémie Tarot
> Sent: 19 June 2007 13:01
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Is HP server hardware incompatible with Xen?
>
> hi,
>
> Considering my (very) recent experience (HP nx9420 notebook)
> I''d double
> check that every HW feature is actually available ! I mean, the said
> laptop (and others) was once sold with VT disabled and some
> had to wait
> for months before HP had released a BIOS update allowing to activate
> this feature... fair isn''t it ?

Laptops are quite a different matter than servers, since they often have very
special hardware inside them.

I agree that anything you rely on should be checked that it''s actually
available at the time of purchase, of course.

--
Mats
>
> So, as too often in the field, there''s what''s advertised
by fashioned
> marketing... and what Joe User has to face once he opens the
> brown box!
>
> Bests
> JT
>
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