Re: kernel-6.12.1 breaks VirtualBox hosts by default

[Ian Laurie]

On 30/11/24 18:50, Ian Laurie via test wrote:
> Is this expected behavior with 6.12 or is it somehow specific to me?
>
> Can't we have the module unloaded *by default* and have QEMU/KVM load it
> as required?  Then unload it when the last VM exits? Seems useless
> having it loaded all the time, especially since it breaks VirtualBox.

Not just me.

Upstream bug:

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/22248

Worth reading the kernel thread:

https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/[e-mail]/T/

This just makes life more difficult for a regular user.

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