Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:56:11 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Joshua Boyd <boydjd@jbip.net> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 RC3 and VirtualBox Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3d-RfJk=oYwyTNF_CdscL5JkUoR97EA6f1CkOzAm2=BQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHcKe7=dt0%2BUuWgFiW7sUE_dxFYNwaxP4wYw7TKujv3scR9kZA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHcKe7=VHKRA93VfrQBkR_9ErvbXYqETjFYZHj4-5tb-kVGhvQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAHcKe7=dt0%2BUuWgFiW7sUE_dxFYNwaxP4wYw7TKujv3scR9kZA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Joshua Boyd <boydjd@jbip.net> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Joshua Boyd <boydjd@jbip.net> wrote: > > > Thanks. > > > > Nevermind. This "new" work computer is 64 bit but doesn't have the right > chipset features to support 64bit guests. > > Lame. > > Sorry for the noise. > VT-x(or the AMD equiv) is a CPU feature and is necessary to run 64-bit guests. VT-d(or the AMD equiv)/IOMMU is the what is done in the chipset however it isn't necessary to run 64-bit guests. Both of these features are only found on CPU's supporting long mode. -- Adam Vande More
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