Re: [Qemu-discuss] qemu-system-aarch64: x86 host with KVM support in guest

[Peter Maydell]

On 18 November 2015 at 13:44, Fernando Endo <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have a question regarding qemu-system-aarch64 running in a x86 host. I'd
> like to boot an aarch64 Linux kernel (guest) that emulates the kvm support.

> qemu succesfully boots Ubuntu, but I see the following kernel message:
> [    2.710572] kvm [1]: HYP mode not available

> Does qemu-system-aarch64 currently support a guest kvm-enabled Linux in a
> x86 system?

No, we don't yet emulate the Virtualization extensions that you would
need to run a hypervisor like KVM as a guest under emulation.

> As far as I  understood, the flags "-enable-kvm" or "-M accel=kvm" are
> equivalent and are supposed to allow the guest to use the virtualization
> hardware in the host. Then, using them would make sense in an aarch64 host
> booting an aarch64 guest.

That's correct.

thanks
-- PMM