Re: [Xen-users] Via Nano X2 Support?

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2012-05-19 at 21:00 +0100, Sam Mulvey wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Recently got a Via VE-900 board from Fry's.   It has a via nano x2
> chip on it, and suggests that it has Intel-compatible virtualization
> extensions.   Has anyone worked with this board yet?
>    I thought it would be nice to have a lower-powered, nearly silent
> Xen machine sitting on my desk.
> 
> I tried booting into Xen, but it said it didn't recognize the
> processor.  I can post the full dmesg.

It might be useful to post the logs to xen-devel, in case it's something
simple...

I'm not sure I've heard of anyone using the Via implementation of
Intel's virt extensions. I expect that there will necessarily be some
amount of heavy lifting required by someone who is interested in this
platform.

Ian.

> Here's the /proc/cpuinfo (of one of the cores):
> 
> 
> processor     : 0
> vendor_id     : CentaurHauls
> cpu family    : 6
> model         : 15
> model name    : VIA Nano X2 L4050 @ 1.4 GHz
> stepping      : 12
> cpu MHz               : 1400.052
> cache size    : 1024 KB
> physical id   : 0
> siblings      : 2
> core id               : 0
> cpu cores     : 1
> apicid                : 0
> initial apicid        : 0
> fpu           : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level   : 10
> wp            : yes
> flags         : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
> pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc 
> rep_good nopl pni monitor vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 popcnt rng 
> rng_en ace ace_en ace2 phe phe_en pmm pmm_en lahf_lm ida
> bogomips      : 2801.77
> clflush size  : 64
> cache_alignment       : 128
> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management:
> 
> 
> -Sam
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