Setting up KVM?

[Stanczak Group]

Is this kqemu not something that can be installed with yum? I didn't see 
it in there. I thought the kvm_intel and kvm where all I needed.

John Pierce wrote:
>> Question? After starting my install I switch to the monitor and type
>> "info kqemu". I get this "kqemu support: not compiled" as output. Why? I
>> have the module loaded. Here's my lsmod output:
>> kvm_intel              29777  0
>> kvm                    75033  1 kvm_intel
>>
>> Do I need something else for this to work? I've used both qemu-kvm and
>> qemu. Here's my command line to start the install:
>>
>> qemu-kvm -hda /data/winxp1.img -cdrom /data/winxp.iso -soundhw es1370 -m
>> 256 -boot d -usb -usbdevice tablet
>>
>>     
> Yes, you do!  You need the kqemu module to have qemu acceleration,
> this is the output of two lsmod commands:
>
> [root at linbook2 ~]# lsmod | grep qemu
> kqemu                 124708  0
> [root at linbook2 ~]# lsmod | grep kvm
> kvm_amd                19276  0
> kvm                    61557  1 kvm_amd
> [root at linbook2 ~]#
>
> Also, after the initial setup, keep the cdrom defined as the image
> until you finish the change to standard pc.  Also, to launch the vm on
> a regular basis I would create a quick launch icon with the command
> line cut and pasted into the command.  I do not use the virt-manager.
>
> You also need a udev entry for the kqemu module like this:
>
> KERNEL=="kqemu", NAME="%k", MODE="0666", GROUP="kqemu"
>
> I put this in a file in the /etc/udev/rules.d directory and named it
> 60-kqemu.rules
>
> Based on the above entry you will need to make a system group called
> kqemu and add any standard users to that group to be able to use the
> kqemu acceleration.
>
>   

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