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| author | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-04-23 10:19:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-04-23 10:19:33 +0100 |
| commit | 54ca2f1f8c21e53af6798a68c897ce3b9acbfc91 (patch) | |
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| parent | 8261323786f5cfa2f9d71d79b4ae8065352eae2b (diff) | |
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Instructions on running KVM as non-root (Robert P. J. Day).
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@@ -88,10 +88,18 @@ If you are using x86-64, then by default the configure script will look for qemu-kvm (KVM support). You will need a reasonably recent processor for this to work. KVM is much faster than using plain QEMU. -You may also need to enable KVM support for non-root users, by doing: +You may also need to enable KVM support for non-root users, by following +these instructions: + + http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ#How_can_I_use_kvm_with_a_non-privileged_user.3F + +On some systems, this will work too: chmod o+rw /dev/kvm +On some systems, the chmod will not survive a reboot, and you will +need to make edits to the udev configuration. + Notes on cross-architecture support ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |