Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm howto

[Avi Kivity]

Hesse, Christian wrote:
> On Thursday 02 November 2006 14:25, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
> > I've just uploaded a HOWTO to http://kvm.sourceforge.net, including
> > (hopefuly) everything needed to get kvm running.  Please take a look and
> > comment.
> >     
>
>   CC [M]  /tmp/kvm-module/kvm_main.o
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:168: Error: no such instruction: `vmxon 16(%esp)'
> {standard input}:182: Error: no such instruction: `vmxoff'
> {standard input}:192: Error: no such instruction: `vmread %eax,%eax'
> {standard input}:415: Error: no such instruction: `vmwrite %ebx,%esi'
> {standard input}:1103: Error: no such instruction: `vmclear 16(%esp)'
> {standard input}:1676: Error: no such instruction: `vmptrld 16(%esp)'
> {standard input}:4107: Error: no such instruction: `vmwrite %esp,%eax'
> {standard input}:4119: Error: no such instruction: `vmlaunch '
> {standard input}:4121: Error: no such instruction: `vmresume '
>
> I get a number of errors compiling the module. No difference between the 
> downloaded tarball and my patched kernel tree. Any hints?
>   

You need a newer binutils.  I'm using binutils-2.16.91.0.6 (gotta love 
that version number), shipped with Fedora Core 5.

I'll update the howto to reflect this.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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