Error : virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs: KVM is not supported on this platform: Function not implemented

marietto2008 · 08-29-2023, 04:55 PM

Hello.

I'm running Debian bookworm on my ARM Chromebook,model "xe303c12" and I've recompiled the kernel to enable KVM,so now my system sounds like this :

Code:

$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release:        12
Codename:       bookworm

$ uname -a
Linux chromarietto 5.4.244-stb-cbe
#8 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 19 22:19:32 UTC 2023 armv7l GNU/Linux

$ uname -r
5.4.244-stb-cbe

$ kvm-ok
INFO: /dev/kvm exists
KVM acceleration can be used

$ qemu-system-arm --version
QEMU emulator version 5.1.0 (v5.1.0-dirty)
Copyright (c) 2003-2020 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

$ python3 --version
Python 3.11.2

I have installed libvirt 9.7.0,qemu 5.1 and virt-manager from source code with the final goal to be able to connect qemu,kvm and libvirt together to virtualize FreeBSD 13.2 for arm 32 bit. Some useful informations about my platform :

Code:

root@chromarietto:/home/marietto/Desktop# virt-host-validate


QEMU: Checking if device /dev/kvm exists                                  : PASS
QEMU: Checking if device /dev/kvm is accessible                           : PASS
QEMU: Checking if device /dev/vhost-net exists                            : PASS
QEMU: Checking if device /dev/net/tun exists                              : PASS
QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpu' controller support                        : PASS
QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpuacct' controller support                    : PASS
QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpuset' controller support                     : PASS
QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'memory' controller support                     : PASS
QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'devices' controller support                    : PASS
QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'blkio' controller support                      : PASS

QEMU: Checking for device assignment IOMMU support                        : WARN 
(No ACPI IORT table found, IOMMU not supported by this hardware platform)

QEMU: Checking for secure guest support                                   : WARN 
(Unknown if this platform has Secure Guest support)

LXC: Checking for Linux >= 2.6.26                                         : PASS
LXC: Checking for namespace ipc                                           : PASS
LXC: Checking for namespace mnt                                           : PASS
LXC: Checking for namespace pid                                           : PASS
LXC: Checking for namespace uts                                           : PASS
LXC: Checking for namespace net                                           : PASS
LXC: Checking for namespace user                                          : PASS
LXC: Checking for cgroup 'cpu' controller support                         : PASS
LXC: Checking for cgroup 'cpuacct' controller support                     : PASS
LXC: Checking for cgroup 'cpuset' controller support                      : PASS
LXC: Checking for cgroup 'memory' controller support                      : PASS
LXC: Checking for cgroup 'devices' controller support                     : PASS

LXC: Checking for cgroup 'freezer' controller support                     : FAIL
(Enable 'freezer' in kernel Kconfig file or mount/enable cgroup controller in your system)

LXC: Checking for cgroup 'blkio' controller support                       : PASS
LXC: Checking if device /sys/fs/fuse/connections exists                   : PASS


# lsmod | grep kvm
no errors (I have embedded the options needed to enable KVM inside the kernel)


# virsh --connect qemu:///system capabilities | grep baselabel

<baselabel type='kvm'>+1002:+1002</baselabel>
<baselabel type='qemu'>+1002:+1002</baselabel>

The error that I'm not able to fix is the following one :

Code:

root@chromarietto:~#  virsh domcapabilities --machine virt --emulatorbin /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-arm

2023-08-29 10:17:59.110+0000: 1763: error : virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs:1228 : 
KVM is not supported on this platform: Function not implemented ; 
error: failed to get emulator capabilities
error: KVM is not supported on this platform: Function not implemented

and this is the log that I've got when I ran libvirtd with the debug option enabled

Code:

root@chromarietto:~# libvirtd --debug

[Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:10:11 virt-manager 2141] DEBUG (createvm:494) UEFI found, setting it as default.
[Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:10:11 virt-manager 2141] DEBUG (createvm:728) Guest type set to os_type=hvm, arch=armv7l, dom_type=kvm
[Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:10:11 virt-manager 2141] DEBUG (guest:546) Prefer EFI => True
2023-08-29 10:10:12.972+0000: 1765: error : virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs:1228 : KVM is not supported on this platform: Function not implemented
[Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:10:12 virt-manager 2141] DEBUG (domcapabilities:250) Error fetching domcapabilities XML
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtinst/domcapabilities.py", line 245, in build_from_params
    xml = conn.getDomainCapabilities(emulator, arch,
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 4612, in getDomainCapabilities
    raise libvirtError('virConnectGetDomainCapabilities() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: KVM is not supported on this platform: Function not implemented


2023-08-29 10:10:14.157+0000: 1762: error : virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs:1228 : KVM is not supported on this platform: Function not implemented

[Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:10:14 virt-manager 2141] DEBUG (domcapabilities:250) Error fetching domcapabilities XML
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtinst/domcapabilities.py", line 245, in build_from_params
    xml = conn.getDomainCapabilities(emulator, arch,
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 4612, in getDomainCapabilities
    raise libvirtError('virConnectGetDomainCapabilities() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: KVM is not supported on this platform: Function not implemented
[Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:10:14 virt-manager 2141] DEBUG (createvm:497) Error checking for UEFI default
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 491, in _set_caps_state
    guest.enable_uefi()
  File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 589, in enable_uefi
    path = self._lookup_default_uefi_path()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 848, in _lookup_default_uefi_path
    raise RuntimeError(_("Libvirt version does not support UEFI."))
RuntimeError: Libvirt version does not support UEFI

Can someone give me some suggestions to fix that error ? thanks.

fedoralinuxjunkie · 08-30-2023, 06:38 AM

Hey there,

You said you're trying this on a Chromebook, yes? If so, there's the problem. Chromebooks aren't designed for doing virtualization. They're designed to be lightweight, portable machines that run workloads that are mostly either cloud based or otherwise run browser based workloads (hence why they have very little storage). If I'm correct (if I'm not someone please correct me), the ChromeOS image is built where virtualization isn't possible on them. Or it appears also the vendors may lock down the hardware to prevent KVM as well. The bigger problem here though is: even if you were to somehow get this to work, it wouldn't work well given your system's specs. It has (from what I could find on DuckDuckGo) 2GB of RAM & 16GB of storage. You're not going to get very far at all with those specs. Even if you used external storage, that small RAM amount will hold you back. If you want to do virtualization, you'll need a full on x86 based PC like the Dell Latitude or Lenovo Thinkpad (if you want to stay in the notebook realm like the Chromebook), or a full size PC with enough horsepower memory & CPU wise to handle the loads.