[CentOS-virt] KVM: where are the directions?

Sun Nov 14 00:15:32 UTC 2010
MargoAndTodd <margoandtodd at gmail.com>

On 11/13/2010 02:06 AM, Kenni Lund wrote:
> 2010/11/13 MargoAndTodd<margoandtodd at gmail.com>:
>> On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote:
>>> No, you're not running an old version of qemu-kvm in CentOS. Like most
>>> other packages, Red Hat has selected an (old and stable) version as
>>> the baseline version and then backported bugfixes and new features
>>> from newer versions of the package, to fulfill the needs of their
>>> enterprise customers. kvm-83 in CentOS is NOT equal to upstream
>>> kvm-83. That said, as you've probably already read in the docs, KVM is
>>> a "technology preview" in RHEL 5.x...6.0 will be the first version
>>> with official/stable KVM support by Red Hat.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Kenni
>>
>> Hi Kenni,
>>
>> This is my setup:
>>
>> $ cat /etc/redhat-release
>> CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
>>
>> $ uname -r -m
>> 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 i686
>>
>> $ rpm -qa \*kvm\*
>> kvm-36-1
>> kmod-kvm-36-3
>>
>>
>> Not even close to 83.  :-(
>
> These KVM-packages are from some 3rd party repository, aren't they? I
> don't think that 5.5 has KVM support on i686 at all...use CentOS 5.5
> x86_64 instead.
>
> Best regards
> Kenni

To do that I will be need a who new computer.  Hmmmm.  (Got
me eyes on a Supermicro X8SAX and an i7-930.)

-T