Re: Debian 5.0 host, qemu-kvm 0.12.4, unable to use -smp > 1

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On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 11.08.2010 21:18, Freddie Cash wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Gleb Natapov<gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 07:29:22AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We just upgraded our KVM host system from KVM-72 to qemu-kvm 0.12.4
>>>> (debian lenny backports).  We are now unable to start any VMs that use
>>>> -smp option with values>  1 (-smp 1 works, -smp 2 doesn't).
>>>> Everything else is the same (nothing in the guests was changed,
>>>> nothing else on the host was changed).
>>>>
>>> KVM-72 is too old for recent qemu-kvm userspace. Unfortunately our
>>> backwards compatibility does not go so far.
>>
>> KVM modules and what-not were upgraded at the same time, obviously
>> (kvm, kvm-source, qemu-kvm packages).  :)  Taken from lenny-backports
>> repo.
>
> Please remove kvm-source, reinstall kernel, and retry.
> If kvm-source (which is the kernel module, of version -72) actually
> compiles, it is quite surprizing - the module is written for a very
> old (by now) kernel.

kvm-source removed.
linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.5-amd64 purged then installed again.
Will reboot the server tomorrow morning and then test that -smp works
with/out -no-kvm-irqchip.

-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash@xxxxxxxxx
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