Description of problem: kvm, kmod-kvm, and ksm modules will install and load eventhough the server does not contain the supporting hardware to use them. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the modules 2. Try to create a VM 3. virt-install -n RHEL_Guest --os-type=linux Actual results: ERROR Host does not support any virtualization options Expected results: Begin installation process Additional info: processor : 7 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2.80GHz stepping : 8 cpu MHz : 2793.209 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 1 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 5 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 5586.40 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 128 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: Process needs vmx feature flag in order to support VT.
Wayne, I'm assuming this is a testcase in order to dummy-proof the install?
Yeah... I was the dummy. =%^) For now a relase note should be fine and we can hit the dummy proofing on the next pass.
The kvm package is 100% userspace and can work without VT (-no-kvm flag), so it should be able to be installed. What's left is to add kvm pre install check for the cpu flags. KSM is dependent on kvm.
We can always run kvm with -no-kvm so there is no need for VT. So we do want to allow these packages to be installed.