On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > On 03/16/2012 12:58 AM, Bob Puff wrote: >> Hey gang, >> >> I have been trying my hardest to get KVM running on a 32-bit CentOS 5. I know >> "upstream doesn't support it", but from what I gather, it *is* possible. >> >> I've tried downloading the KVM source, but get nailed on compile with: >> >> LINK i386-softmmu/qemu >> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-308.1.1.el5PAE/build M=`pwd` \ >> LINUXINCLUDE="-I`pwd`/include -Iinclude \ >> -Iarch/x86/include -I`pwd`/include-compat \ >> -include include/linux/autoconf.h \ >> -include `pwd`/x86/external-module-compat.h " \ >> "$@" >> LD /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/built-in.o >> CC [M] /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/svm.o >> In file included from >> /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/external-module-compat.h:16, >> from <command line>:1: >> /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/../external-module-compat-comm.h:551: error: >> static declaration of âcancel_work_syncâ follows non-static declaration >> include/linux/workqueue.h:117: error: previous declaration of cancel_work_sync >> was here >> In file included from >> /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/external-module-compat.h:16, >> from <command line>:1: >> /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/../external-module-compat-comm.h:607: error: >> expected identifier or ( before { token >> In file included from >> /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/external-module-compat.h:16, >> from <command line>:1: >> /usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/../external-module-compat-comm.h:717: error: >> conflicting types for smp_call_function_many >> include/asm/smp.h:46: error: previous declaration of smp_call_function_many >> was here >> make[4]: *** [/usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/svm.o] Error 1 >> make[3]: *** [/usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86] Error 2 >> make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/local/kvm-88/kvm/kernel] Error 2 >> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 >> make: *** [kvm-kmod] Error 2 >> >> >> Has anyone built RPM packages for this? Ideas on how to compile? I'm running >> the kernel: 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5PAE > > There is no way you are going to build anything that new (kvm-88) for > the 2.6.18 kernel > > The real problem is that RH has backported a bunch of items into the > 2.6.18 kernel, otherwise you would not be able to attempt this at all. > > KVM recommends at least a 2.6.20 kernel to use a very old version of KVM > (kvm-17): > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Choose_the_right_kvm_%26_kernel_version > > I would look at this version: > http://vault.centos.org/5.6/centosplus/SRPMS/kvm-kmod-36-3.src.rpm > > (which did work on i686) > > I would see if I could look at what patches, etc, are in that SRPM and I > would see if I could do anything similar with newer versions of KVM. > > BUT ... the bottom line is that if it was stable, Red Hat would release > it for RHEL. Since they do not do so, it is likely not stable and > making it stable will likely be very difficult. If if was not > difficult, then Red Hat would do it for RHEL :D > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hi, Ljubomir Ljubojevic has shared his repo, which has kvm-84 and kmod-kvm-84 packages. They are perfectly fit latest kernel 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5 (not PAE). I've installed them without issues. KVM module loads in the kernel. I have not tried anything yet. But suppose it'll work. http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos5-i386/RPMS.plnet/ http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos5-i386/RPMS.plnet-releases/plnet-ser-release-1.0-0.el5.noarch.rpm