** Summary changed:
- qemu-kvm 0.12.1.1 needed for KSM support (key virtualization feature)
+ qemu-kvm 0.12.1.1 needed for KSM support (key KVM virtualization feature)
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: qemu-kvm
- KSM is supported by the current Lucid kernel. However, the current
- version of the qemu-kvm package, 0.11, does not support KSM. Therefore,
- memory usage will be suboptimal, as this key feature is disabled for KVM
- VM guests unless a high enough version of the qemu-kvm package is used.
+ KSM is supported by the current Ubuntu Lucid kernel. However, the
+ current version of the qemu-kvm package, 0.11, does not support KSM.
+ Therefore, memory usage will be suboptimal, as this key feature is
+ disabled for KVM VM guests unless a high enough version of the qemu-kvm
+ package is used.
Since this is an LTS release, I strongly recommend resolving this issue,
as virtualization features such as KSM are crucial for many users, and
failure to get this into the LTS release means LTS users will probably
have to wait another two years, or build things themselves (outside of
the shipped packages).
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: qemu-kvm
- KSM is supported by the current Ubuntu Lucid kernel. However, the
+ KSM is supported by the current Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid kernel. However, the
current version of the qemu-kvm package, 0.11, does not support KSM.
Therefore, memory usage will be suboptimal, as this key feature is
disabled for KVM VM guests unless a high enough version of the qemu-kvm
package is used.
Since this is an LTS release, I strongly recommend resolving this issue,
as virtualization features such as KSM are crucial for many users, and
failure to get this into the LTS release means LTS users will probably
have to wait another two years, or build things themselves (outside of
the shipped packages).
** Also affects: qemu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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qemu-kvm 0.12.1.1 needed for KSM support (key KVM virtualization feature)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500272
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