Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:28:40 +0100 | | From | Sid Boyce <> | | Subject | Re: OpenSolaris boot failure with KVM and VirtualBox |
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On 27/07/09 12:17, Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 27.07.2009, at 13:11, Sid Boyce wrote: > >> On 27/07/09 06:36, Alexander Graf wrote: >>> >>> On 26.07.2009, at 23:59, Sid Boyce wrote: >>> >>>> On 26/07/09 19:18, Avi Kivity wrote: >>>>> On 07/26/2009 09:14 PM, Sid Boyce wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Is this a regression from previous kernel versions? What userspace >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> you using? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Currently running 2.6.31-rc4 with the original kqemu-1.4.0pre1 on >>>>>> openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 4 and it boots OK - a 200G disk image used. >>>>>> qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom /ISO/osol-0906-ai-x86.iso -boot d >>>>>> /osol0906.qcow2 -smp 4 -m 500M& >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Wait, are you using kqemu or kvm? >>>>> >>>> >>>> # l /dev/kvm >>>> crw-rw----+ 1 root root 10, 232 2009-07-24 20:26 /dev/kvm >>>> # lsmod|grep kvm >>>> kvm_amd 41908 0 >>>> kvm 180488 1 kvm_amd >>>> >>>> From long ago I read that kvm needed kqemu, so I have always built the >>>> module, but I see here it's not used. >>>> lsmod|grep qemu >>>> kqemu 173496 0 >>>> >>>> # rpm -qf /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 >>>> qemu-0.10.1-2.21 >>> >>> You're not using KVM. "Qemu" is the non-KVM version. >>> >>> Maybe uli activated the preliminary kvm support in there, but if you >>> want the real deal, install the "kvm" package and use /usr/bin/qemu-kvm. >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> >>> >> >> Thanks, I shall check that out, no mention of x86_64, but I shall have a >> look at the stuff below. >> From Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt >> 1. Get the kvm source from git.kernel.org. >> Userspace source: >> git clone >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm-userspace.git > > (leaving out the MLs since this really doesn't belong there) > > Just do "zypper in kvm" and you should be set. > > Alex > > > Thanks, I had kvm-kmp-default locked, so that's no doubt why kvm isn't installed. Regards Sid.
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