commit: 518837d554f9515ff583ecbdd36731c4c336abdb
Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 20 02:36:46 2016 +0000
Commit: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Apr 20 02:36:46 2016 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=518837d5
app-emulation/qemu: mention /dev/kvm perm updates in the readme/elog #580436
app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r3.ebuild | 11 +++++++----
app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild | 11 +++++++----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r3.ebuild
b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r3.ebuild
index 5d591dd..755f5a6 100644
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -214,11 +214,14 @@ QA_WX_LOAD="usr/bin/qemu-i386
DOC_CONTENTS="If you don't have kvm compiled into the kernel, make sure
you have the kernel module loaded before running kvm. The easiest way to
ensure that the kernel module is loaded is to load it on boot.\n
-For AMD CPUs the module is called 'kvm-amd'\n
-For Intel CPUs the module is called 'kvm-intel'\n
-Please review /etc/conf.d/modules for how to load these\n\n
+For AMD CPUs the module is called 'kvm-amd'.\n
+For Intel CPUs the module is called 'kvm-intel'.\n
+Please review /etc/conf.d/modules for how to load these.\n\n
Make sure your user is in the 'kvm' group\n
-Just run 'gpasswd -a <USER> kvm', then have <USER> re-login."
+Just run 'gpasswd -a <USER> kvm', then have <USER> re-login.\n\n
+For brand new installs, the default permissions on /dev/kvm might not let you
+access it. You can tell udev to reset ownership/perms:\n
+udevadm trigger -c add /dev/kvm"
qemu_support_kvm() {
if use qemu_softmmu_targets_x86_64 || use qemu_softmmu_targets_i386 \
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
index acecad8..1e96a7b 100644
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
@@ -214,11 +214,14 @@ QA_WX_LOAD="usr/bin/qemu-i386
DOC_CONTENTS="If you don't have kvm compiled into the kernel, make sure
you have the kernel module loaded before running kvm. The easiest way to
ensure that the kernel module is loaded is to load it on boot.\n
-For AMD CPUs the module is called 'kvm-amd'\n
-For Intel CPUs the module is called 'kvm-intel'\n
-Please review /etc/conf.d/modules for how to load these\n\n
+For AMD CPUs the module is called 'kvm-amd'.\n
+For Intel CPUs the module is called 'kvm-intel'.\n
+Please review /etc/conf.d/modules for how to load these.\n\n
Make sure your user is in the 'kvm' group\n
-Just run 'gpasswd -a <USER> kvm', then have <USER> re-login."
+Just run 'gpasswd -a <USER> kvm', then have <USER> re-login.\n\n
+For brand new installs, the default permissions on /dev/kvm might not let you
+access it. You can tell udev to reset ownership/perms:\n
+udevadm trigger -c add /dev/kvm"
qemu_support_kvm() {
if use qemu_softmmu_targets_x86_64 || use qemu_softmmu_targets_i386 \
