NAME
kvm-ok - determine if this system is capable of running hardware
accelerated KVM virtual machines (ie, possesses Virtualization
Technology)
DESCRIPTION
kvm-ok is a program that will determine if the locate system can host
hardware accelerated KVM virtual machines.
The program will first determine if /proc/cpuinfo contains the flags
indicating that the CPU has the Virtualization Technology (VT)
capability.
Next, it will scan your dmesg(1) log to see if your kernel has detected
that VT is disabled in the BIOS.
Finally, it will check if the /dev/kvm device exists.
In some failure cases, kvm-ok provides hints on how you might go about
enabling KVM on a system where it is arbitrarily disabled.
If KVM can be used, this script will exit 0, otherwise it will exit
non-zero.
SEE ALSO
kvm(1), dmesg(1)
FILES
/proc/cpuinfo, /dev/kvm
BUGS
The disabled-by-bios check currently scans dmesg(1) for a message
displayed by the kernel. This is not ideal, in that a long-running
system will eventually roll the dmesg logs. The kernel should expose
the disabled-by-bios flag in /proc/cpuinfo.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/535373
MORE INFORMATION
http://launchpad.net/cpu-checker
AUTHOR
This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland
<kirkland@canonical.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by
others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.