Monday, January 3, 2011

vt-d vs vt-x

About vt-d

 vt-d is NOT the same as vt-x. Both are forms of Hardware Virtualization.

vt-x is far more common and is probably unlikely that you need hardware with vt-d capability.

vt-d is the Intel Device Virtualization feature that is present on some of their processors. It responsible for providing control over input and output when used with software that provides remote access through virtualization techniques.

It provides the same functions as AMD's "AMD I/O Virtualization Technology"



You need this feature to implement at KVM - Kernel-Based Virtual Machine. You also need this feature to run certain virtualization programs such as Citrix.


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1 comment:

Szigetszentmiklos said...

Was trying to enable vt-x and vt-d in my HP's Insyde H2O BIOS