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How to tell if you processor supports Virtualization.
How to tell if your processor supports Virtualization.
 
egrep 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo
 
or


  cat /proc/cpuinfo
  cat /proc/cpuinfo


And look for the following CPU flags


* vmx – (intel)
* vmx – (intel)
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If your cpuinfo file has a flag "svm" then you have AMD-v hardware virtualization support (aka pacifica) on
If your cpuinfo file has a flag "svm" then you have AMD-v hardware virtualization support (aka pacifica) on
your cpu.  
your cpu.
 
egrep 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo

Revision as of 18:05, 26 August 2009

How to tell if your processor supports Virtualization.

egrep 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo

or

cat /proc/cpuinfo

And look for the following CPU flags

  • vmx – (intel)
  • svm – (amd)

If your cpuinfo file has a flag "svm" then you have AMD-v hardware virtualization support (aka pacifica) on your cpu.