[Query] Does Linux & Qemu support KVM for ARM32 guest on ARM64 host

[Peter Maydell]

On 28 April 2016 at 07:03, RAVINDRA KUMAR SANDE <r.sande at samsung.com> wrote:
> I have another query, for Arm32 host with KVM enabled.
> I see that "qemu-system-arm  -enable-kvm   -machine vexpress-a9  ..." gives error
> kmv_init_vcpu (IOCtl on /dev/kvm) failed, guest not supported.
>
> Is there any way to emulate vexpress-a9  with  -enable-kvm   on qemu ?

No. You can only emulate a CPU of the same type as the host
you're using, and the vexpress-a9 must use a Cortex-A9 CPU,
so it can't be used under virtualization.

thanks
-- PMM