GNU bug report logs - #27636
/dev/kvm went missing on i686, Linux 4.12

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 05:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 27636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27636: /dev/kvm went missing on i686, Linux 4.12
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:06:09 +0200

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:
>
>> Since the update to Linux 4.12 my i686 machine no longer has /dev/kvm.
>> I ran “modprobe kvm” successfully, and “lsmod” shows “kvm”, but the
>> device node does not exist.
>>
>> Running “modprobe kvm-intel” prints:
>>
>>     modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_intel': Input/output error
>
> Does the kernel message buffer mention anything about "kvm" or "KVM"?
>
>   dmesg | grep -i kvm

No, there is no mention of “kvm” or “KVM” in the kernel messages.

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Ricardo

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