I have successfully enjoyed KVM for para-virtualized Linux guests :)) Unfortunately I have to maintain some SW for a customer which is running on a specialized HW, so I only have the chance to maintain that in customer-supplied VMware virtual machines. Trying to emerge (Gentoo on amd64) VMware Workstation in addition, I ran into ==> "You cannot install on a system with KVM enabled." Digging, I found --> http://communities.vmware.com/thread/188359 : ksc: "VMware switches in and out of root mode each time so as to not conflict with other virtualization software. KVM likes to hang onto the virtualization root mode aggressively for a minor performance gain. (*) For comparison, Parallels hangs on to the root mode but detects other virtualization software and lets go when it detects a conflict. Until KVM becomes more compatible with other software, our installer will detect KVM and actively try to prevent you from getting into this situtation." CharlieM: "IIRC, there was an issue where unloading the KVM module was not enough, as it forgot to 'let go' of root mode when it was unloaded. I don't think that bug lasted long, but it's something to watch for; just be sure your distro is up to date." A) Is (*) correct? B) Any chance to solve this problem? Thanks for your esteemed answers in advance! Kind regards Manfred P.S.: Please reply via above PM - because I'm not subscribed to the KVM BUG tracker yet. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
