This has been changed in trusty and onwards. If you're not getting that behavior there, then please file a bug against qemu (not qemu-kvm).
This is not high enough priority to warrant fixing in precise, so marking wontfix for qemu-kvm. status: wontfix ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387080 Title: qemu-kvm does not modprobe kvm_intel on package installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/1387080/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs