[Bug 496676] [NEW] libvirtd does not call qemu-kvm with "-enable-kvm" flag for hardware virtualization

[ExplodingLemur]

Public bug reported:

In previous versions, /usr/bin/kvm was a standalone binary that enabled
hardware-accelerated virtualization by default.  In 9.10, /usr/bin/kvm
links to /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 which requres the -enable-kvm flag
to use hardware virtualization acceleration.  libvirt does not supply
this flag.  In libvirt 0.7.4 this appears to be fixed, release notes
include: "qemu-kvm needs -enable-kvm flag for VT optimization (Steve
Yarmie)"

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 14 11:50:19 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/libvirtd
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libvirt-bin 0.7.0-1ubuntu13.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: libvirt
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3311): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:3311): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:3412): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3445): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:3411): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window

** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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libvirtd does not call qemu-kvm with "-enable-kvm" flag for hardware virtualization
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496676
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