On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 04:45:35PM +0100, Andreas Enge wrote: > Hello, > > trying to run the Android emulator on Guix, I notice that /dev/kvm is > missing on my system; "lsmod | grep kvm" shows these: > kvm 819200 0 > irqbypass 16384 1 kvm > > Do I need to add anything to my system configuration to enable it? I am > using the 5.11.4-gnu kernel on an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz.
You may need to enable it in the BIOS. There should be an option about "virtualization extensions", or maybe some "Intel VT-something" feature. I have the same CPU and it supports KVM.