[CentOS] qemu-kvm package?

Fri Aug 9 16:03:36 UTC 2013
Dennis Jacobfeuerborn <dennisml at conversis.de>

On 09.08.2013 17:39, Dave Johansen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Patrick Hurrelmann
> <patrick.hurrelmann at lobster.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 09.08.2013 17:21, Dave Johansen wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:15 AM, lists-centos
>>> <replies-lists-c9y6-centos at listmail.innovate.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------ Original Message ------------
>>>>> Date: Friday, August 09, 2013 08:04:08 AM -0700
>>>>> From: Dave Johansen <davejohansen at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Subject: [CentOS] qemu-kvm package?
>>>>>
>>>>> I just did a clean net install of CentOS 6.4 and when I run
>>>>> virt-manager it says that qemu-kvm is missing, but when I try to
>>>>> install it with yum it says that there isn't a package with that
>>>>> name. Is something wrong with my configuration? Or what is causing
>>>>> this package to appear as not available? Thanks,
>>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> Is this install on a 32-bit machine?
>>>>
>>>> It's there for 64-bit, but I don't see it for 32-bit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     - Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> It's a 32-bit install.
>>
>> kvm is not supported on 32bit installs in rhel/centos.
>
> Really? Is there a reason why that is the case? Because the hardware
> supports it and so is it just that the software doesn't support
> 32-bit? That's kind of surprising because my experience has usually
> been that if both weren't supported then it was 64 bit that was
> lacking.

Nowadays you should always install 64 bit. 32 bit is a legacy 
architecture and should not be used unless you absolutely have no other 
choice.

Regards,
   Dennis