[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBDS-4303) Show warning for virtualbox component if virtualization is not enabled or cannot be detected (macos)

[Jan Richter (JIRA)]

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Jan Richter commented on JBDS-4303:
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I'm willing to bet that chance VT-x is disabled is dwindling somewhere in the decimals. All Intel based mac machines have this feature enabled and there is no way to change this setting in the system. Hence the only kind of user that might actually have it disabled I can think of is either one with ancient EFI Firmware, or one that actively hacked into it.

The whole point of my rant is, the typical mac user will not expect to be asked about virtualization on their system, because they expect it to just work, or just don't know what it means. I'm not a fan of the permanent warning message and I expect the mac users not to be either. 

TL;DR: Is it worth it to show a warning all the time because some 0.x% of mac users might have the virtualization disabled (probably by their own fault) ?

> Show warning for virtualbox component if virtualization is not enabled or cannot be detected (macos)
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>
>                 Key: JBDS-4303
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-4303
>             Project: Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio (devstudio)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: platform-installer
>    Affects Versions: 10.3.0.AM2
>            Reporter: Denis Golovin
>            Assignee: Sudhir Verma
>             Fix For: 10.4.0.AM2
>
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> Current implementation shows errors and warning under item selected for installation.
> See confirmation page error message for virtualbox Installer [here|https://github.com/redhat-developer-tooling/developer-platform-install/blob/master/browser/pages/confirm/confirm.html#L121].
> Confirmation page controller should run Virtualization detection along with installed components detection and show warning under virtualbox item if it is detected or selected for install. 
> If Virtualization firmware status cannot be detected (windows 7) message should say:
> * Make sure hardware virtualization is enabled on your platform if supported to improve performance.
> if Hardware Virtualization is Disabled:
> * Please enable hardware virtualization for your platform to improve performance
> If Hardware Virtualization is Enabled, no message is required.



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