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Date:      Sat, 1 Oct 2011 13:58:32 -0400
From:      Hub- FreeBSD <freebsd@hub.org>
To:        Sean C. Farley <scf@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org
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On 2011-09-30, at 8:54 PM, Sean C. Farley wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Hub- FreeBSD wrote:
>=20
>> 'k, I'm doing everything from the command line, and when I did the =
createvm, and according to the docs =
(https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp12400368), there eis no =
option to set 64 vs 32bit =85 even the modifyvm section only seems to =
have the --ostype option, and in this case, I had set it to FreeBSD_64, =
based on what is displayed when you do a 'list ostypes', as what should =
be for a 64bit environment =85
>>=20
>> So, either something is broken, or I'm missing an argument / setting =
here :(
>=20
> The only difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit VM according to the =
XML files generated is whether I/O APIC is enabled.  You could create a =
VM then use modifyvm to enable the I/O APIC:
> VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> --ioapic on

'k, that didn't help any =85 still get told no long mode, use a 32bit =
distro =85 showvminfo shows:

Name:            vbox.hub.org
Guest OS:        Linux 2.6 (64 bit)
UUID:            cd5424cc-4fd3-40b3-8745-c2c4f5583639
Config file:     /vm/1/vbox.hub.org/vbox.hub.org.vbox
Snapshot folder: /vm/1/vbox.hub.org/Snapshots
Log folder:      /vm/1/vbox.hub.org/Logs
Hardware UUID:   cd5424cc-4fd3-40b3-8745-c2c4f5583639
Memory size:     512MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       8MB
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
Synthetic Cpu:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
PAE:             on
Time offset:     0 ms
RTC:             local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     on
VT-x VPID:       on
State:           powered off (since 2011-10-01T17:44:25.000000000)


Tried also
--chipset ich9
--hwvirtex of

Reading through the section on Hardware vs Software Virtualization, =
apparently VT-X has to be enabled for 64bit guests =85 now, on the =
server I'm using, looking at dmesg for ny CPU Features:

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5420  @ 2.50GHz (2500.10-MHz =
K8-class CPU)
  Origin =3D "GenuineIntel"  Id =3D 0x1067a  Family =3D 6  Model =3D 17  =
Stepping =3D 10
  =
Features=3D0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE=
,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  =
Features2=3D0x40ce3bd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,P=
DCM,DCA,SSE4.1,XSAVE>
  AMD Features=3D0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
  AMD Features2=3D0x1<LAHF>
  TSC: P-state invariant
  Cores per package: 4


I don't see VTX in there =85 *should* I?   Is this a case of, =
unbeknownst to me, it isn't enabled in the BIOS?  This is a remote =
server, so a quick reboot / check isn't the easiest to do, so would =
alike to confirm before I go down that route =85 can someone that does =
have 64bit guests working check their CPU Features and let me know if I =
am missing that Feature here? :(

Thx =85






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