From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: KVM on Debian Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:38:01 +0200 Message-ID: <45598069.2080606@qumranet.com> References: <20061113213556.GZ28027@galon.ev-en.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: To: Baruch Even In-Reply-To: <20061113213556.GZ28027-xGn4Jn0woyz+OtfAA3OxFg@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Baruch Even wrote: > Hi, > > I got KVM to work on Debian just now with a few problems: > > To install all needed dependencies: > apt-get install libuuid-dev gcc-3.4 libsdl1.2-dev zlib1g-dev > > I believe there are documented in the HOWTO, though with generic names. > ./configure didn't work for me as it didn't find the gcc-3.4 and uname > -i failed to work: > > sed -i -e 's/$(uname -i)/i386/' configure > I already have a fix for this in my local tree. > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/kvm --qemu-cc=gcc-3.4 > > kvm.ko wasn't installed into /lib/modules/`uname -r` > Yes. I'll fix that. > other than that things look good, this is on kernel 2.6.17-2-686 > on an Intel Core Duo. So far I only tried to run the Debian LiveCD and > it run very nicely. > > What are the plans with regard to merging the needed qemu changes > upstream? It would be nice to be able to package the kernel module and > know that everything else will just work. > > And for a temporary package for Debian, is there anything else that is > needed besides the qemu executable and the kernel module? the qemu executable needs files in /usr/share/qemu. I suggest adding a dependency on the qemu package (and calling the executable /usr/bin/kvm). > I noticed > there is a library and some include files, anything uses them? > > Not at this time. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642