Public bug reported: kvm module for hardware virtualisation not work properly on via nano processors.
Tested with processor: VIA Nano processor U2250. Processors flags (visible in /proc/cpuinfo): fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc up rep_good pni monitor vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 phe phe_en lahf_lm With kernel 2.6.32: kvm not work and dmesg contains a lot of: handle_exception: unexpected, vectoring info 0x8000000d intr info 0x80000b0d With kernel 2.6.35: all the system crash. Nothing visible in logs ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: kvm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: kvm (Debian) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Package changed: ubuntu => kvm (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: kvm (Debian) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712416 Title: kvm_intel kernel module crash with via nano vmx Status in QEMU: New Status in “kvm” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “kvm” package in Debian: New Bug description: kvm module for hardware virtualisation not work properly on via nano processors. Tested with processor: VIA Nano processor U2250. Processors flags (visible in /proc/cpuinfo): fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc up rep_good pni monitor vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 phe phe_en lahf_lm With kernel 2.6.32: kvm not work and dmesg contains a lot of: handle_exception: unexpected, vectoring info 0x8000000d intr info 0x80000b0d With kernel 2.6.35: all the system crash. Nothing visible in logs