From 080571eeac3f38e957434d5dda7568218a5a89dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:29:05 +0200 Subject: doc: Mention KVM support for 'guix system'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Add note about KVM support. --- doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index c14272ed9a..446c688679 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3263,6 +3263,12 @@ using the following command: @var{options} can contain any of the common build options provided by @command{guix build} (@pxref{Invoking guix build}). +Note that all the actions above, except @code{build} and @code{init}, +rely on KVM support in the Linux-Libre kernel. Specifically, the +machine should have hardware virtualization support, the corresponding +KVM kernel module should be loaded, and the @file{/dev/kvm} device node +must exist and be readable and writable by the user and by the daemon's +build users. @node Defining Services @subsection Defining Services -- cgit v1.2.3