On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. That (reboot with new kernel) fixed it. Can now start VMs with -smp >1, without using -no-kvm-irqchip. Thanks everyone!! -- 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
