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.