On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 22:17 -0500, James Erickson wrote: > today i installed two quad core Intel Xeon E5450's (Harpertown). i > notice in /proc/cpuinfo i no longer have a vmx flag as i had with my > previous Intel E5405's. i have also noticed that my /dev/kvm device is > no longer created. VT is enabled in the bios. the data for the E5450's > states that they have Intel Virtualization Technology. so why dont i > have a /dev/kvm? have i spent all that money on processors that can't > use kvm? can anyone shed some light on this issue for me? i am > confused. > > James Erickson > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing™ now hmm??
Wikipedia says you have VT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors#.22Harpertown.22_.28standard-voltage.2C_45_nm.29 In case this is because of modules problem: You have to en/dis/able: CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP=y CONFIG_KVM=m # CONFIG_KVM_INTEL is not set # CONFIG_KVM_AMD is not set # CONFIG_KVM_TRACE is not set (Possibly reboot if compile is in wrong directory, or check /usr/src/linux points to correct version.) Then you emerge: app-emulation/kvm-kmod (and app-emulation/kvm :) It is now necessary to have CONFIG_KVM=m and the CPU-specifics OFF and use the modules from app-emulation/kvm-kmod. That results in: /lib/modules/2.6.30-tuxonice-r5.mayo.nofb/kernel/arch/x86/kvm /lib/modules/2.6.30-tuxonice-r5.mayo.nofb/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.30-tuxonice-r5.mayo.nofb/kvm /lib/modules/2.6.30-tuxonice-r5.mayo.nofb/kvm/kvm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.30-tuxonice-r5.mayo.nofb/kvm/kvm-intel.ko /lib/modules/2.6.30-tuxonice-r5.mayo.nofb/kvm/kvm-amd.ko Which seems strange, but works :) (You load kvm-intel.ko which loads the correct kvm.ko) Bye, Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887&op=get # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887
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