Re: [kvm-devel] KVM on Debian

[Avi K. <av...@qu...>]

Baruch Even wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got KVM to work on Debian just now with a few problems:
>
> To install all needed dependencies:
> apt-get install libuuid-dev gcc-3.4 libsdl1.2-dev zlib1g-dev
>
>   

I believe there are documented in the HOWTO, though with generic names.


> ./configure didn't work for me as it didn't find the gcc-3.4 and uname
> -i failed to work:
>
> sed -i -e 's/$(uname -i)/i386/' configure
>   

I already have a fix for this in my local tree.

> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/kvm --qemu-cc=gcc-3.4
>
> kvm.ko wasn't installed into /lib/modules/`uname -r`
>   

Yes.  I'll fix that.

> other than that things look good, this is on kernel 2.6.17-2-686
> on an Intel Core Duo. So far I only tried to run the Debian LiveCD and
> it run very nicely.
>
> What are the plans with regard to merging the needed qemu changes
> upstream? It would be nice to be able to package the kernel module and
> know that everything else will just work.
>
> And for a temporary package for Debian, is there anything else that is
> needed besides the qemu executable and the kernel module? 

the qemu executable needs files in /usr/share/qemu.  I suggest adding a 
dependency on the qemu package (and calling the executable /usr/bin/kvm).

> I noticed
> there is a library and some include files, anything uses them?
>
>   

Not at this time.

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