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Bobby17s · ‎05-29-2018

Does this HP ENVY Laptop 17t touch laptop support all the features for virtualization technology? Does it support second level address translation (SLAT), HVM (Intel VT-x or AMD-v technology ), IOMMU (Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU technology ), TPM (TPM with proper BIOS support) and Kernel (Reported dom0 kernel version (numbers in uname -r), can be selected during installation and boot in Troubleshooting menu)?

erico · ‎05-30-2018

Honestly speaking, the best notebooks for virtualization are workstations like the zBook series.

The notebook does suport TPM and virtualization.

The notebook you ask about has the Intel Core i7-8550U processor installed.

The Intel Core i7-8550U processor specs are laid out at the followng Intel web page.

https://ark.intel.com/products/122589/Intel-Core-i7-8550U-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

Manufacturers have software engineers who design and code the BIOS ROM files according to specifications their managers provide to them. The BIOS ROM file has enabled or disabled options. That is what determines which virtualization features will be available. An Envy notebook is not a workstation. It is two levels below Enterprise class devices.

Use the following list to see which processors have the capabilities you need to have for IOMMU suport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOMMU-supporting_hardware

The following list for some of the other features

https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/

You are going to have to do some research to see which features the current years notebooks have to offer.

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erico · ‎05-30-2018

Honestly speaking, the best notebooks for virtualization are workstations like the zBook series.

The notebook does suport TPM and virtualization.

The notebook you ask about has the Intel Core i7-8550U processor installed.

The Intel Core i7-8550U processor specs are laid out at the followng Intel web page.

https://ark.intel.com/products/122589/Intel-Core-i7-8550U-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

Manufacturers have software engineers who design and code the BIOS ROM files according to specifications their managers provide to them. The BIOS ROM file has enabled or disabled options. That is what determines which virtualization features will be available. An Envy notebook is not a workstation. It is two levels below Enterprise class devices.

Use the following list to see which processors have the capabilities you need to have for IOMMU suport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOMMU-supporting_hardware

The following list for some of the other features

https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/

You are going to have to do some research to see which features the current years notebooks have to offer.

I am a volunteer forum member, not an HP employee. If my suggestion solved your issue, don't forget to mark that post as the accepted solution. If you want to say thanks, click on the Yes button next to the "was this reply helpful?"

iomare · ‎05-30-2018

Hi,

I have this PC as a loan computer from HP. It has the i7-8550 with 4 cores and 8 logical-processors..

It has the features you have listed. Here is image "systeminfo"

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Here you can take a look at what the BIOS looks like (simulator)

http://h20574.www2.hp.com/Media/BB0BBA72-60F0-4744-AFB9-91E3E1C87D23/ran_bios/Main.html

TPM:

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The last part about "doom0 Kernel" i am not really familiar with. I guess it has to do with LINUX OS.

Hope it helps,

David

erico · ‎05-30-2018

@iomare

Kernel is in reference to the LInux Kernel version supported.

uname -r is a linux command (function) that provides name/info about the current kernel.

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Bobby17s · ‎06-01-2018

Thanks Iomare and Erico, thanks for the information..

Is this a best laptop for virtualization and does it support SLAT, HVM, IOMMU, TPM and kernel?

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