Re: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_amd': Operation not supported

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Den 2014-10-13 11:54, John Dulaney skrev:
>> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:39:45 +0200
>> From: jon.ingason@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_amd': Operation not supported
>>
>> I installed Fedora 21 Beta TC3 (used netinstall for server) on HP DC5850
>> with virtualiation software (KVM). The processor is "AMD Athlon(tm) Dual
>> Core Processor 5200B" and virtualiation is enabled in BIOS.
>>
>> The problem is that the kernel does not start module kvm_amd as it
>> should. From /proc/cpuinfo I get:
>>
>> egrep '(vmx|svm)' --color=always /proc/cpuinfo
>> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
>> pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp
>> lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy
>> svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
>> -------------------^^^
>> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
>> pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp
>> lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy
>> svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
>> -------------------^^^
>>
>> Which show that flag svm is enabled in the CPU.
>>
>> This seems to be an old bugg repported in bub "978608 - Cannot load
>> kvm_amd module - (says disabled by bios), but svm exposed by the
>> hardware/enabled in bios" [1] from 2013 in kernel 3.8.x an even 3.10. It
>> was closed 2013-11-27 11:03:27 EST, Should I make a new or open the old
>> one since the problem is still there?
>>
>> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978608
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Jon Ingason
> 
> 
> I'd go ahead and reopen and set the version to 21; that said, does it work
> with older kernels?


> 
> John.
>  		 	   		  
> 

On this machine no. The kernel is 3.17.0-301.fc21.x86_64. This is the
first time I install Fedora on it.

I have another machine with "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
4800+" and have running QEMU-KVM virtualization on it since 2007 without
this problem.

-- 
Regards

Jon Ingason


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