Editing KVM (section)

== '''Check for KVM Support''' ==
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'''''NOTE:''''' Before proceeding you should ensure that virtualization is enabled in your BIOS. This process will vary slightly depending on your system. Refer to your 
system documentation or perform a web search for specific steps on enabling virtualization in your system BIOS.
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As mentioned previously, KVM requires the virtual machine (VM) host processor has hardware virtualization support. For Intel processors, this is VT-x, and AMD-V for AMD. 
Two methods can be used to verify this capability. The first is with the <code>lscpu</code> command.
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<code>$ lscpu </code>
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If your machine supports hardware virtualization it will be identified in the output. Since <code>lscpu</code> gathers information from sysfs and <code>/proc/cpuinfo</code>, 
another approach is to grep the <code>/proc/cpuinfo</code> file as follows
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<code>$egrep 'vmx|svm|0xc0f' /proc/cpuinfo</code>
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If nothing is displayed then your CPU does not support hardware virtualization.
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