Enabling Virtual Machine support

[Ben Scott]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:
> Ben brings up a good point about a
> possible security risk, but motherboard manufactures haven't worried about
> it much in the past.

  I believe it was Intel who crafted that design feature, not the mobo
mfgs.  So inaction on the part of the mobo and/or BIOS provider means
no virtualization.  They have to do something to enable it.  Beyond
that foggy recollection, my knowledge is zero, so I can't say more on
this topic in particular.

  But I will make this general observation: The processor does not
exist in a vacuum.  A working computer is a system, of which the
processor is but one part.  If one needs/wants virtualization but one
is shopping solely by processor, I wouldn't be surprised to hear
things don't work as expected.

-- Ben