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 -- 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