VT-x: (disabled in BIOS) PAT, HLT, MTF, PAUSE, EPT, UG, VPID - what is this about?

[Polytropon]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:24:52 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I'm trying to get anything out of Dell Precision 3520,
> and having problems with X, wifi, etc.
> 
> I noticed this line in dmesg:
> 
>   VT-x: (disabled in BIOS) PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID
> 
> Are these setting to do with vt console driver?

No, those are related to CPU options for virtualization.

Details regarding the abbreviations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Intel_virtualization_(VT-x)



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