Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:14:41 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add I/O hypercalls for i386 paravirt |
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James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Ok, so I need to get a new CPU like the Intel Core Duo that has VT > features? I have an old Pentium 4 at the moment, without any VT features. >
No, VT-d (as opposed to VT) is a chipset feature which allows the hypervisor to control who's allowed to DMA where. So you'd need a very new machine with a VT-d capable chipset (which would also have VT, since all new processors do).
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