tim i'm sure i saw some patches which add one of the other CPU types, not just A15, a couple months back. the work was, if i vaguely remember, done by someone with an @redhat.com email address. the clue that you're operating in emulated (non-VM) mode is this: > kvm [1]: HYP mode not available so it'll be slooooow until you find out what's going on here. l.