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I saw this yesterday when I was comparing my logs to another user's. I have my guest set to 32bit so I'm not sure why I see this in the log.

edit: VB 4.3.14, Mac Host.

I would need to see the complete log.

Isn't VT-x always forced on Mac hosts? Though in the past I thought it said so.

mpack wrote:I would need to see the complete log.

Isn't VT-x always forced on Mac hosts? Though in the past I thought it said so.

Yes, VT-x is always enabled.

The reason I was asking is because that's where I thought one looked to see what template was used.

Did you ever use that "longmode" hack that was necessary for a short time?

Not that I remember. Plus this is a fresh install of OSX and VirtualBox as of a month ago I think.

edit: I had to look up "longmode" hack It's tough getting old.

It's no big deal of course. All my guests run fine. Guest additions are fine. I just didn't want to tell people they should have chosen Windows XP (32bit) every time I see that line in their logs.

loukingjr wrote:

mpack wrote:Isn't VT-x always forced on Mac hosts? Though in the past I thought it said so.

Yes, VT-x is always enabled.

It doesn't really have to be. I just disabled on my XP 32-bit (it gave me a warning because I was using 2 CPUs, took it down to 1) it booted fine and the "fHMForced=true - 64-bit guest" disappeared from the logs. It is in the logs if VT-x is enabled.

I just meant hardware virtualization is always enabled on Mac hosts.

So how when reading someone's log can we tell the difference whether they are running 32bit or 64bit Windows XP?

It would be "Guest OS type: 'WindowsXP'" vs "Guest OS type: 'WindowsXP_64'" (for VBox after 4.3.1x, even earlier maybe?). I believe it is just the VT-x presence that triggers the "fHMForced=true - 64-bit guest". This is because VT-x is mandatory for 64-bit guests, but it's also mandatory for things like SMP guests.

sounds logical. I never had a 64bit version of XP so I never checked to see it said WindowsXP_64.

although it doesn't have to say "fHMForced=true - 64-bit guest" at all. It could say "Vt-x Enabled"

Neither do I have an XP64 VM, I just created a fake one. It never booted
Yes, makes sense for the "VT-x enabled", although I'm not sure it is the only condition that triggers it...

* I still don't understand the logic but that's okay.