libvirtd does not call qemu-kvm with "-enable-kvm" flag for hardware virtualization
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libvirt (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In previous versions, /usr/bin/kvm was a standalone binary that enabled hardware-
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 14 11:50:19 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/libvirtd
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: libvirt-bin 0.7.0-1ubuntu13.1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: libvirt
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-
(gnome-
(nautilus:3412): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences
(polkit-
(gnome-
This may be a non-issue...it does appear that qemu-system-x86_64 is utilizing the kvm kernel modules without the -enable-kvm flag.
Prior to starting the VM:
lsmod |grep kvm
kvm_intel 43816 0
kvm 162688 1 kvm_intel
After starting the VM:
lsmod |grep kvm
kvm_intel 43816 3
kvm 162688 1 kvm_intel