Message ID | 20190619104137.r5jzmzqdjd6kdyn4@pelzflorian.localdomain |
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State | Accepted |
Headers | show |
Series | [bug#36277] doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well. | expand |
Context | Check | Description |
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cbaines/applying patch | fail | Apply failed |
Hi Florian, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) writes: > However, I cannot find -accel kvm in Debian Jessie’s manpage at > > https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/qemu-system-x86/qemu-system-x86_64.1.en.html > > and in a Debian Stretch VM it says: qemu-syems-x86_64: -accel: invalid > option I always run Debian Sid ;-) > Maybe it is better to wait three more years until switching to -accel > so instructions work on Debian (LTS)? Alright. Let's keep "-enable-kvm" and wait three years. -- Meiyo Peng https://www.pengmeiyu.com/
Hello, Meiyo Peng <meiyo@riseup.net> skribis: >> Maybe it is better to wait three more years until switching to -accel >> so instructions work on Debian (LTS)? > > Alright. Let's keep "-enable-kvm" and wait three years. Heheh. :-) Based on this I installed Florian’s initial patch. Thanks! Ludo’.
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 65c3b8a7f1..97620eb20c 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -25406,7 +25406,7 @@ vm-image} on x86_64 hardware: @example $ qemu-system-x86_64 \ -net user -net nic,model=virtio \ - -enable-kvm -m 512 \ + -accel kvm -m 512 \ -device virtio-blk,drive=myhd \ -drive if=none,file=/tmp/qemu-image,id=myhd @end example @@ -25429,7 +25429,7 @@ create a NIC, the boot will fail. Assuming your hardware platform is x86_64, you can get a list of available NIC models by running @command{qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic,model=help}. -@item -enable-kvm +@item -accel kvm If your system has hardware virtualization extensions, enabling the virtual machine support (KVM) of the Linux kernel will make things run faster.