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-rw-r--r--scripts/qemu.py4
-rwxr-xr-xtests/vm/basevm.py4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/qemu.py b/scripts/qemu.py
index f099ce7278..9fc0be4828 100644
--- a/scripts/qemu.py
+++ b/scripts/qemu.py
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import tempfile
LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+def kvm_available(target_arch=None):
+ return os.access("/dev/kvm", os.R_OK | os.W_OK)
+
+
#: Maps machine types to the preferred console device types
CONSOLE_DEV_TYPES = {
r'^clipper$': 'isa-serial',
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index cafbc6b3a5..834bc90cc1 100755
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import logging
import time
import datetime
sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "scripts"))
-from qemu import QEMUMachine
+from qemu import QEMUMachine, kvm_available
import subprocess
import hashlib
import optparse
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class BaseVM(object):
"-serial", "file:%s" % os.path.join(self._tmpdir, "serial.out")]
if vcpus:
self._args += ["-smp", str(vcpus)]
- if os.access("/dev/kvm", os.R_OK | os.W_OK):
+ if kvm_available():
self._args += ["-enable-kvm"]
else:
logging.info("KVM not available, not using -enable-kvm")