From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Farkas Levente Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-52 release Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:07:45 +0100 Message-ID: <47396961.3060705@bppiac.hu> References: <47384377.70004@qumranet.com> <47387146.706@bppiac.hu> <1194882388.3983.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <47387A44.3090604@bppiac.hu> <1194884867.3161.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <473883C4.8040405@bppiac.hu> <473893E3.3030007@qumranet.com> <4738B55A.2010702@bppiac.hu> <47395AF8.7060507@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel To: Avi Kivity Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47395AF8.7060507-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@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 Avi Kivity wrote: > Farkas Levente wrote: >> Avi Kivity wrote: >> >>> Farkas Levente wrote: >>> >>>> first of all fully update your centos (a bit newer kernel), then i use >>>> these packages: >>>> http://www.lfarkas.org/linux/packages/centos/5/x86_64/ >>>> use libvirtd and virt-manager too and start the guests from there. and >>>> start them manually paralell (i used to reboot the host when i update >>>> kvm, the start virt-manager and start each guests). >>>> >>> IIRC virt-manager uses /usr/bin/kvm as its qemu launcher. Maybe it is >>> running the old userspace. Can you ensure that you are using the new >>> userspace and new kernel modules at all times? >>> >> yes, it's sure. i always run rpm -Uvh kvm... kmod-kvm... and the reboot >> the host (just to be sure). >> >> > > Installing the files means nothing. You also need to make sure all your > tools use the right binaries (or use the command line directly). ohh come on. i use linux since 94 and i use redhat/rpm since redhat 3.0 (not rhel3) i do know how to install and use packages and which files are called. there is no any other kvm in the given machine. ok i understand that you try to find some kind of reason why it's works for you and not for me but that's not the reason. anyway it'd be useful to if i can see which version of the userspace running ie. give a short message into the stslog on the host about the userspace version may be even a warning in case of the kmod and the userspace version are different, but currently that's all: ------------------------------------ [root@kvm ~]# rpm -qa|grep kvm kmod-kvm-52-1.2.6.18_8.1.15.el5 kvm-52-1 [root@kvm ~]# rpm -qf /usr/bin/qemu-kvm kvm-52-1 [root@kvm ~]# rpm -V kvm-52-1 [root@kvm ~]# modinfo kvm_intel filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.15.el5/extra/kvm/kvm-intel.ko license: GPL author: Qumranet version: kvm-52 srcversion: F7E80D6C3124584F75EDAAF depends: kvm vermagic: 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1 parm: bypass_guest_pf:bool ------------------------------------ what the above means? - there is only these two packages installed which has the kmv in it's name. - the files /usr/bin/qemu-kvm is owned by kvm-52-1. - all files in the kvm-52-1 package is verified so the file /usr/bin/qemu-kvm also has the right checksum so it's really from kvm-52-1. - the kernel module can show it's version too. anyway if you don't believe me just grab src.rpm look into it or recompile it: http://www.lfarkas.org/linux/packages/centos/5/SRPMS/ -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/