Re: OpenSolaris boot failure with KVM and VirtualBox

[Sid Boyce <g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 27/07/09 12:17, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> On 27.07.2009, at 13:11, Sid Boyce wrote:
> 
>> On 27/07/09 06:36, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>
>>> On 26.07.2009, at 23:59, Sid Boyce wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 26/07/09 19:18, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>>>> On 07/26/2009 09:14 PM, Sid Boyce wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this a regression from previous kernel versions?  What userspace
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> you using?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently running 2.6.31-rc4 with the original kqemu-1.4.0pre1 on
>>>>>> openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 4 and it boots OK - a 200G disk image used.
>>>>>> qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom /ISO/osol-0906-ai-x86.iso -boot d
>>>>>> /osol0906.qcow2 -smp 4 -m 500M&
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wait, are you using kqemu or kvm?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # l /dev/kvm
>>>> crw-rw----+ 1 root root 10, 232 2009-07-24 20:26 /dev/kvm
>>>> # lsmod|grep kvm
>>>> kvm_amd                41908  0
>>>> kvm                   180488  1 kvm_amd
>>>>
>>>> From long ago I read that kvm needed kqemu, so I have always built the
>>>> module, but I see here it's not used.
>>>> lsmod|grep qemu
>>>> kqemu                 173496  0
>>>>
>>>> # rpm -qf /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
>>>> qemu-0.10.1-2.21
>>>
>>> You're not using KVM. "Qemu" is the non-KVM version.
>>>
>>> Maybe uli activated the preliminary kvm support in there, but if you
>>> want the real deal, install the "kvm" package and use /usr/bin/qemu-kvm.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, I shall check that out, no mention of x86_64, but I shall have a
>> look at the stuff below.
>> From  Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt
>> 1. Get the kvm source from git.kernel.org.
>>        Userspace source:
>>                git clone
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm-userspace.git
> 
> (leaving out the MLs since this really doesn't belong there)
> 
> Just do "zypper in kvm" and you should be set.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
Thanks, I had kvm-kmp-default locked, so that's no doubt why kvm isn't
installed.
Regards
Sid.

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