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diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index f7ad1dfe4b..16b955cbf9 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ * QEMU System emulator for non PC targets:: * QEMU Guest Agent:: * QEMU User space emulator:: +* System requirements:: * Implementation notes:: * Deprecated features:: * Supported build platforms:: @@ -2813,6 +2814,18 @@ Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes Run the emulation in single step mode. @end table +@node System requirements +@chapter System requirements + +@section KVM kernel module + +On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator +require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer. + +The OpteronG[345] CPU models require KVM support for RDTSCP, which was +added with Linux 4.5 which is supported by the major distros. And even +if RHEL7 has kernel 3.10, KVM there has the required functionality there +to make it close to a 4.5 or newer kernel. @include qemu-tech.texi |