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NAME
       kvm-ok  -  determine  if  this  system  is  capable of running hardware
       accelerated  KVM  virtual  machines   (ie,   possesses   Virtualization
       Technology)


DESCRIPTION
       kvm-ok  is  a program that will determine if the locate system can host
       hardware accelerated KVM virtual machines.

       The program will first determine if /proc/cpuinfo  contains  the  flags
       indicating   that  the  CPU  has  the  Virtualization  Technology  (VT)
       capability.

       Next, it will check if the /dev/kvm device exists.

       If running as root, it will check your CPU's  MSRs  to  see  if  VT  is
       disabled in the BIOS.

       In  some failure cases, kvm-ok provides hints on how you might go about
       enabling KVM on a system where it is arbitrarily disabled.

       If KVM can be used, this script will exit 0,  otherwise  it  will  exit
       non-zero.


SEE ALSO
       kvm(1), dmesg(1)


FILES
       /proc/cpuinfo, /dev/kvm


BUGS
       The  disabled-by-bios  check  currently  scans  dmesg(1)  for a message
       displayed by the kernel.  This is not ideal,  in  that  a  long-running
       system  will  eventually roll the dmesg logs.  The kernel should expose
       the disabled-by-bios flag in /proc/cpuinfo.

       https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/535373


MORE INFORMATION
       http://launchpad.net/cpu-checker


AUTHOR
       This  manpage  and  the  utility  was  written   by   Dustin   Kirkland
       <kirkland@canonical.com>  for  Ubuntu  systems  (but  may  be  used  by
       others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify  this
       document  under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.