GNU bug report logs - #36277
[PATCH] doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Florian Pelz <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Meiyo Peng <meiyo <at> riseup.net>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: 36277 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#36277] [PATCH] doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing
 in a VM as well.
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:22:23 +0800

Hi Florian,

Florian Pelz writes:

>  @example
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 \
> +qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm \
...
> -The ordering of the drives matters.
> +The ordering of the drives matters.  @code{-enable-kvm} is optional, but
> +significantly improves performance, @pxref{Running Guix in a VM}.

"-enable-kvm" is deprecated.  Please use "-accel kvm" instead.  QEMU
will probably support "-enable-kvm" option forever but "-accel kvm" is
recommended.
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