[Xen-users] HP Proliant DL145g3, xen-3.1.0 and SVM

[Lamont Granquist <lamont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've got a DL145g3 which is reporting svm support in /proc/cpuinfo:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 65
model name      : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2214 HE
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2200.000
cache size      : 1024 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt 
rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy
bogomips        : 4392.83
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc

but in "xm dmesg" i'm getting:

(XEN) AMD SVM Extension is disabled in BIOS.

I went through the trouble of commenting out the check in the xen kernel 
for the bios disable flag and basically lie to xen and it panics horribly 
on boot.
I've also flashed the bios to the latest version from the hp site as of 
today and gone through it hunting for anything to do with virtualization, 
but can't find an option there.  I've also had someone else look for the 
option and he failed to find it as well.
At this point have I conclusively determined that the problem lies in HP's 
BIOS and not having anything to do with Xen?
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