So I am trying to setup KVM virtualization and wanted to check is intel_iommu set to =on however the # dmesg | grep -i -e DMAR -e IOMMU is not returning any outputs:
System:
Kernel: 5.10.42-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=a362d80d-f006-4006-ab0b-ba1433d6a639 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GV72 7RE v: REV:1.0
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1799 v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: E1799IMS.31C date: 10/24/2017
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 36.2/42.4 Wh (85.5%)
volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: Full
Memory:
RAM: total: 7.69 GiB used: 3.39 GiB (44.1%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: DE
cache: L2: 6 MiB bogomips: 44817
Speed: 1600 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1600 2: 1596
3: 1600 4: 1591 5: 1600 6: 1600 7: 1600 8: 1593
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art
avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid
cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est
f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm
mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 465.31 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1c8c class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony USB 2.0 Webcam Device type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-11:7 chip-ID: 04f2:b521 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3")
s-diag: 583mm (23")
Monitor-1: eDP-1-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128
size: 382x215mm (15.0x8.5") diag: 438mm (17.3")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 465.31 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a171 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Creative Sound Blaster X3 type: USB
driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-3:2
chip-ID: 041e:3264 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.42-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.30 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: alx v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a1
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Permissions: Unable to run lvs. Root privileges required.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.03 TiB used: 47.32 GiB (4.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZNLN128HAHQ-00000
size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 200Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS541010B7E610
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 116.52 GiB (97.96%)
used: 34.07 GiB (29.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: a362d80d-f006-4006-ab0b-ba1433d6a639
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: 2767-44D2
ID-3: /media/games raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 915.82 GiB (98.31%)
used: 13.25 GiB (1.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 label: Data
uuid: 093c9f1e-4abf-4902-bd42-a6018235c8f1
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Creative Sound Blaster X3
type: HID,Abstract (modem),CDC-Data,Audio
driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 7 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 041e:3264 class-ID: 0102
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: HUION Huion Tablet type: Mouse driver: uclogic,usbhid
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 480mA chip-ID: 256c:006d
class-ID: 0301
Device-3: 1-7:4 info: MSI steel series rgb keyboard type: HID driver: usbhid
interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 1770:ff00
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-8:5 info: Logitech G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c08b class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-5: 1-10:6 info: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Device-6: 1-11:7 info: Chicony USB 2.0 Webcam Device type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 04f2:b521 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-7: 1-12:8 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129
class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 76.0 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 65 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 270 Uptime: 26m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 alt: 10 clang: 12.0.0 Packages: 1284 pacman: 1261
lib: 341 flatpak: 7 snap: 16 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal
inxi: 3.3.05
How should I proceed?
Turns out I was being stupid and forgot to put sudo and remove the hashtag, thanks for pointing that out.