Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 10:50:01 +0200 From: Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: VM unrestricted guest capability required Message-ID: <etPan.542e6339.6b8b4567.c974@akai.skunkwerks.at> In-Reply-To: <1412310254.523165637@f125.i.mail.ru> References: <1412303890.698110582@f94.i.mail.ru> <542E1F4F.4040102@freebsd.org> <1412310254.523165637@f125.i.mail.ru>
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> >> I'm trying to install Ubuntu Linux 14.10 as a guest in FreeBSD > >> 11-CURRENT r272460 host. When I try to run grub-bhyve (version 0.23) > >> I see in console message: VM unrestricted guest capability required > >> Error in initializing VM > >> > >> I've read a thread with the similar problem. As far as I understood, > >> this message happen when CPU doesn't have unrestricted guest > >> capability support (EPT). > > > > 'Unrestricted guest' is a different feature than EPT (Extended Page > >Tables). It allows the CPU to run in real mode and unpaged protected > >mode. This feature was introduced with the Westmere microarchitecture, > >and isn't available in your core i7 780 (aka Lynnfield, a Nehalem-based > >model) Thanks Peter for the clarification. Is there a way to tell this from dmesg? A+ Dave
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