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Dec 2nd, 2009
Dec 2nd, 2009
How to check if CPU supports hardware virtualization (VT technology)
How to check if CPU supports hardware virtualization (VT technology)
To run KVM, you need a processor that supports virtualization. For Intel processors this extension has name INTEL-VT, for AMD processors it has name AMD-V.
To see if your processor supports one of these technologies, please run the following command under Linux:
# egrep ‘(vmx|svm)’ /proc/cpuinfo
If nothing is printed, it means that your CPU does not support hardware virtualization. Otherwise, it does – but you still need to make sure that virtualization is enabled in the BIOS. If the svm flag is returned then your processor supports AMD-V or if the vmx flag is returned then your processor supports Intel VT.
