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bug#27636: /dev/kvm went missing on i686, Linux 4.12
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
bug#27636: /dev/kvm went missing on i686, Linux 4.12 |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:09:36 +0200 |
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mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.2.1 |
Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
> When you looked for "kvm" or "KVM", did your kernel message buffer still
> include the initial boot messages? The kernel message buffer is of a
> fixed size, so eventually the early messages are lost.
I ran it immediately after booting 4.12.
> I'm fairly sure that I've seen /dev/kvm on this machine in the past. It
> might be that in earlier versions of Linux, /dev/kvm was created even
> when it couldn't be used, and now it's created only conditionally, but
> that's only a guess.
I have seen it in the past as well. It is only with 4.12 that /dev/kvm
is gone. I have installed 4.9 on this machine and /dev/kvm exists.
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