[openstack-dev] [nova] qemu1.7.1 vs qemu-kvm

Ben Nemec openstack at nemebean.com
Mon Apr 21 16:07:16 UTC 2014


This is a development list and your question sounds like a usage one.  I 
suggest you ask it on the users list: 
http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack

Thanks.

-Ben

On 04/21/2014 05:34 AM, Arindam Choudhury wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As per I understand, onwards qemu 1.3 release all qemu-kvm features have
> been merged into upstream QEMU. So, if I use qemu 1.7.1 and use the
> -enable-kvm flag, the VM will use all kvm capabilities.
>
> I have a Openstack Grizzly deployment with nova-network and I want to
> use qemu 1.7.1. So, I compiled it from source and symlink
> qemu-system-x86_64 to qemu-kvm. I can boot virtual machines.
>
> But, is there any way I can avoid the symlinking and use
> qemu-system-x86_64 directly?
>
> Thanks,
> Arindam
>
>
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