On 2/7/25 08:42, Zhao Liu wrote:
On Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 08:03:19AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 08:03:19 +0200 From: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH] accel/kvm: Adjust the note about the minimum required kernel version From: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> Since commit 126e7f78036 ("kvm: require KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD and KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD_ANY_LENGTH") we require at least kernel 4.4 to be able to use KVM. Adjust the upgrade_note accordingly. While we're at it, remove the text about kvm-kmod and the SourceForge URL since this is not actively maintained anymore. Fixes: 126e7f78036 ("kvm: require KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD and KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD_ANY_LENGTH") Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> --- accel/kvm/kvm-all.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)I just mentioned the kernel version in another patch thread. I found x86 doc said it requires v4.5 or newer ("OS requirements" section in docs/system/target-i386.rst).diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c index d095d1b98f8..e3302b087f4 100644 --- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c +++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c @@ -2571,8 +2571,7 @@ static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms) { MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms); static const char upgrade_note[] = - "Please upgrade to at least kernel 2.6.29 or recent kvm-kmod\n" - "(see http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvm).\n"; + "Please upgrade to at least kernel 4.4.\n";
Using 4.4 or 4.5: Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>
const struct { const char *name; int num; -- 2.50.0
