Re: a (bad) kvm story from a plain user

Izik Eidus
2007-08-14T21:23:29Z

this seems like you didnt load your new modules
try to do:
rmmod kvm_amd
rmmod kvm

and then load the moudles in your compiling dir:
like:
cd kvm-34/kernel
insmod kvm.ko
insmod kvm-amd.ko

and then try

On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 23:20 +0200, Koen de Jonge wrote:
> Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> >> I even tried to compile the kvm bundle myself (i took the one that
> >> is recommended for kernel 2.6.20, as the wiki says),
> >> but alas, the ./configure shouted I don't have gcc 3.x
> >> (which is indeed true as an up-to-date system today have gcc 4.x).
> >>
> > It should be included in any up-to-date system as an alternative.
> > Probably gcc-compat, or something like this.
> >
> I'm also trying exactly that:
> - use ubuntu 7.04 desktop edition
> - use ubuntu (updated) kernel (Linux kruimelvlaai 2.6.20-16-generic #2
> SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux)
>
> Im using an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor
>
> These where the packages I installed to get me started (added the sudo
> part for possibly easy copy pasting):
>
> sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev
> sudo apt-get install libsdl-gfx1.2-dev
> sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4
> sudo apt-get install zlibc
> sudo apt-get install lib64z1-dev
> sudo apt-get install uuid-dev
>
> Which got me a compiled kvm-34 and an installed one.
>
> But starting it gave me:
> koen@kruimelvlaai:~$ sudo /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -hda
> images/ubuntu704-server.img -boot c -m 512
> Password:
> kvm kernel version too old: KVM_GET_API_VERSION ioctl not supported
> Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support
>
> Then I checked if it would be easy/possible to keep using ubuntu and
> install a self-compiled kernel (processing power to spend, so why not).
> But that proved to be not such a good idea, since 'recompile kernel -
> nividia dont work - Ubuntu Forums'
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=524411
>
> So while downloading the daily snapshot of gutsy
> (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/) I tried version kvm-17.
>
> If you hit 'sudo apt-get install kvm' you'll get kvm-16 :
> ~$ zcat /usr/share/doc/kvm/changelog.Debian.gz | head
> kvm (1:16-1ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
>
> * Revert to kvm-16 to match released kernel.
> * Add epoch.
>
> This page does not tell you what version will work with the ubuntu
> supported kernel (of course) http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Downloads
>
> Can anyone tell me:
> - what is the linux host OS flavour and version the developers use?
> - what is the latest kvm-version that 'just works' on a ubuntu 7.04
> desktop release?
>
> >> last question - the ./configure script has the option reflecting whether the
> >> kernel is patched or not. if i download the cutting edge rc3 kernel,
> >> should i add the --patched flag or not ?
> >>
> I found out that using the --with-patched-kernel I did not get it
> compiled at all.
>
>
>
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