<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> My guest is: [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/*release CentOS release 5.4 (Final) Let me know if i need to provide any more information in this regard. Thanks Jatin <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/6/2015 11:11 AM, Jatin Davey wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:5549A976.7030308@cisco.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> Hi All I looked at this page for reference to using virtio drivers on KVM guests. <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Virtio">http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Virtio</a> In the requirements section it is mentioned that we need a virtio compatible guest with kernel >= 2.6.25 One of my guest has this version: [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I was still able to use the virtio drivers by enabling the corresponding options in the qemu xml file and also i created a new initrd image file inside my guest using the mkinitrd command as mentioned in the link provided above. My question is , Is it fine to use the virtio drivers with the kernel that i have for my guest or i definitely need to get to kernel version >= 2.6.25 ? Thanks Jatin <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users</a></pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>