Kernel is working, please fix also the HWE for 16.04 with the patches
Linux XXXXXXXX 4.13.0-25-generic #29~lp1741655 SMP ~# lsmod | grep kvm kvm_intel 200704 7 kvm 585728 1 kvm_intel processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5110 @ 1.60GHz stepping : 6 microcode : 0xd2 cpu MHz : 1596.587 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm co nstant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl cpuid aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca lahf_lm pti tpr_shadow dtherm bugs : cpu_insecure bogomips : 3193.17 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741655 Title: Regression: KVM no longer supports Intel CPUs without Virtual NMI Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux-hwe package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Artful: In Progress Status in linux-hwe source package in Artful: New Status in linux source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in linux-hwe source package in Bionic: New Bug description: Since upgrading from zesty to artful, I'm not longer able to use KVM on my server: # modprobe kvm-intel modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_intel': Input/output error Searching tells me this is caused by requiring Virtual NMI support[1] Running the script provided on the mailing list[1] to check virtualization features confirms my CPU (Xeon E5345) doesn't support Virtual NMIs: # python features.py | grep NMI NMI exiting yes Virtual NMIs no NMI-window exiting no Virtual NMI support was required in v4.12[1] and later reverted in v4.14.3[2] as some models (including Xeons) don't support it, even if others with the same core do. [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490803 [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/8/7/231 [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c?h=linux-4.13.y&id=2c82878b0cb38fd516fd612c67852a6bbf282003 [4] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c?h=linux-4.14.y&id=a77360e989f3dc06e4f177a0837d533d13a20d91 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1741655/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
