/dev/kvm not found on OSX

[arthurdarcet]

Describe the Bug

Summary: I've installed the haxm kext on OSX, and the kernel module appears to be loaded, but /dev/kvm still does not exist.

Host Environment

• HAXM version: 7.4.5
• Host OS version: macOS 10.14.5
• Host OS architecture: x86_64
• Host CPU model: Intel Core i7
• Host RAM size: 16GB
• (Optional) Host computer model: MacBookPro15,1

Guest Environment Trying to run ls /dev/kvm - ultimately to run an Android Emulator through https://github.com/google/android-emulator-container-scripts

Expected Behavior I would expect /dev/kvm to exist

Diagnostic Information

I'm checking that the kernel extension is loaded by running

% kextstat | grep intel
  192    0 0xffffff7f8429a000 0x28000    0x28000    com.intel.kext.intelhaxm (7.5.4) E622291F-7B94-3EA7-B644-97F1AD6DF807 <8 6 5 3 1>

HAXM log:

 % log show --predicate 'sender == "intelhaxm"' --style syslog --last 5m
Filtering the log data using "sender == "intelhaxm""
Skipping info and debug messages, pass --info and/or --debug to include.
Timestamp                       (process)[PID]
2019-12-17 14:35:16.364229+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (intelhaxm) haxm_warning:
2019-12-17 14:35:16.364232+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (intelhaxm) -------- HAXM v7.5.4 End --------
2019-12-17 14:35:40.530580+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (intelhaxm) possible map ffffffffffffffff cpu_online_map fff
2019-12-17 14:35:40.530775+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (intelhaxm) haxm_warning:
2019-12-17 14:35:40.530777+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (intelhaxm) -------- HAXM v7.5.4 Start --------

Additional context None

[wayne-ma]

Hi @arthurdarcet , HAXM is different with KVM. I noticed that you installed the HAXM successfully on your Mac Host but searched another hypervisor KVM. You can try to use HAXM for acceleration or install KVM separately.