Anybody try VMWare+Linux SMP virtualization on AMD CPUs?

[wingless]

I recently installed Ubuntu AMD64 on VMware on my Opteron185. I was wondering if its not a good idea on a processor that doesn't support AMD-V (hardware virtualization). A lot of Intel guys seem to have success but I remembered the Core 2's have hardware virtualization. Since I'm in the middle of a WU in XP x64, I have to let that finish before I can compare the PPD scores between the two OSes.

Also do any of you fold with Phenoms? How is your performance in windows/linux/linux virtualized?

[wingless]

Oh, better not try virtualization on a Phenom. The TLB erratum will pwn you.

[harlam357]

My experience with VMWare on K8 cpus, 939 or AM2, is not good. There are some timing issues when running more than one core in the virtualized OS.