Hi all,

Michael, I ran into very similar problems as you (almost same order: VT-x,
support, nested emulation,etc... ) that's why, desperated, I ended up
working via qemu/arm option but my original intention (and still I'm
interested) was to work with qemu/PC99. The option you are looking for
(running qemu inside docker container) looks interesting to me from
developers point of view (portable dev environment). I would appreciate if
you share any details of your progress here as maybe would be interesting
to write up a specific intructions for this so in the future others can
benefit.

Cheers,

El mié., 30 jun. 2021 5:23, Michael Neises <[email protected]>
escribió:

> Peter and Kent,
>
> I did `sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm` and I got an update.
> I can reboot and do `groups` to verify I'm in the correct group.
> By this webpage I have that my CPU supports vt-x:
>
> https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/72164/intel-core-i5-3230m-processor-3m-cache-up-to-3-20-ghz-rpga.html
> When I run `cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested` it outputs 'Y'.
>
> All said, when I enter the Docker container and do:
> sudo ./simulate --machine q35,accel=kvm,kernel-irqchip=split --mem-size 2G
> --extra-cpu-opts "+vmx" --extra-qemu-args="-enable-kvm -device
> intel-iommu,intremap=off -net nic,model=e1000 -net
> tap,script=no,ifname=tap0"
>
> (or even just ./simulate with the -enable-kvm option added)
>
> I still get this error:
>
> Could not access KVM kernel module: No such file or directory
>
> qemu-system-x86_64: failed to initialize KVM: No such file or directory
>
>
> By all rights it seems like I have KVM and it's loaded and I have the right
> permissions. However, if I do `groups` from within the Docker instance, I
> am not part of the kvm group, and in fact there is apparently no visible
> kvm group by way of `cat /etc/group | grep kvm`- nor is there a /dev/kvm to
> speak of. If it's a problem with using Docker, I can try to install the
> dependencies natively, but I've been there before and it's difficult to
> maintain.
>
>
> If need be, I can also go back to booting the image on its own machine, but
> I have really enjoyed the turnover times that simulation allows.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Neises
>
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 9:18 PM Kent Mcleod <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:53 AM Michael Neises <[email protected]
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Kent,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I tried using those extra arguments and got the same error regarding
> kvm
> > I reported a few minutes ago:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ./simulate: qemu-system-x86_64 -machine
> > q35,accel=kvm,kernel-irqchip=split -cpu
> >
> Nehalem,+vme,+pdpe1gb,-xsave,-xsaveopt,-xsavec,-fsgsbase,-invpcid,+syscall,+lm,enforce,+vmx
> > -nographic -serial mon:stdio -m size=2G -enable-kvm -device
> > intel-iommu,intremap=off -net nic,model=e1000 -net
> > tap,script=no,ifname=tap0 -kernel images/kernel-x86_64-pc99 -initrd
> > images/capdl-loader-image-x86_64-pc99 Could not access KVM kernel module:
> > No such file or directory
> > >
> > > qemu-system-x86_64: failed to initialize KVM: No such file or directory
> > >
> >
> > There are instructions on how to setup KVM and nested virtualization
> > on the tutorial that I've pasted here:
> > "Note if you are using QEMU it is important to ensure that your host
> > machine has VT-x support and KVM
> > (https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page) installed. You also need to
> > ensure you have enabled nested virtulisation with KVM guests as
> > described here (https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Nested_Guests)."
> >
> > A quick way to check if nested virtualization is enabled (and
> > therefore supported) on your host is to run `cat
> > /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested`.  `Y` should be returned if
> > it's enabled.
> >
> > It may be easier to run the image on an actual machine instead of in
> > qemu. The images produced can be loaded by a multiboot loader such as
> > grub or pxelinux.
> > (https://docs.sel4.systems/Hardware/VMware/#add-grub2-option-to-run-sel4
> )
> > has an example grub config.
> >
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