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From: mensch0815@googlemail.com (matthias)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:57:03 +0100
Subject: KVM - virtualization support
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Hi,

2010/12/21 Sengottuvelan S <sengottuvelan.s@gmail.com>:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to see whether my kernel has KVM support or not. When i execute
> #egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo  , output shows '0'' which means my
> custom kernel does not have capability of KVM.
>
> How do i enable or support KVM in my new kernel. Is it possible or not?

/proc/cpuinfo gives you information about your CPU and not about the
modules your kernel support.
If you don't have the right hardware, afaik you have to use a
different hypervisor.


Regards,
Matthias
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