Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:21:22 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic with VirtualBox on -CURRENT Message-ID: <h1d0ug$sv0$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <4A3A054E.8010806@voicenet.com> References: <4A383783.3010800@voicenet.com> <20090617093329.488f8f2f@ernst.jennejohn.org> <4A390797.3000102@voicenet.com> <90a5caac0906170832v168542d1w3663bc0d238f2071@mail.gmail.com> <h1d022$qd0$1@ger.gmane.org> <4A3A054E.8010806@voicenet.com>
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Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: >> Lucius Windschuh wrote: >>> 2009/6/17 Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> >>>> Unfortunately, I do not see an option in this computers' BIOS to >>>> enable virtualization. I'm actually trying on a machine at work >>>> now, rather than the one I tried at home yesterday, but the results >>>> are the same. This computer actually has as an Intel Core 2 Quad >>>> CPU (unlike yesterdays dualcore Xeon). Is there someway to check if >>>> the processors on these machines support the virtualization extensions? >>>> >>>> I also am not able to disable the AMD-V option in VirtualBox. The >>>> check box is selected but greyed out. >>> >>> "Me too". Same panic on an Atom board (i386 mode). Same greyed out >>> checkboxes. >>> Are you also using i386? >> >> Most Atom CPUs don't support hardware virtualization extensions. AFAIK >> only the "desktop" variants support it. >> > > On my machine, it's greyed out as well, which suggests my CPU doesn't > support the extensions. So why would the check box be checked? I suspect it might be a GUI thing - maybe the tookit has problem displaying the "disabled" state. > Are the extensions necessary to use VirtualBox on FreeBSD at the moment? If you want to use SMP or AMD64 guests, or need the performance. > Is there anything else I can test or any more information I can give to > figure out why my kernel is panicking with VirtualBox? Not really if you already tried getting a core dump.
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