virtio drivers are not automatically loaded for RHEL 3.X guests

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Issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 guest's virtio driver is not automatically loaded, but the Red Hat's Virtualization Guide says it is automatically done.  Please see "Chapter 13.
  • KVM Para-virtualized Driver" on that document.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6-Beta/html/Virtualization/chap-Virtualization-KVM_Para_virtualized_Drivers.html

The KVM para-virtualized drivers are automatically loaded and installed on the following:
  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 and newer
  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 and newer
  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 and newer
  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and newer
  * Some versions of Linux based on the 2.6.27 kernel or newer kernel versions.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 Snapshot 7 (KVM host)

  • Architecture: x86_64

  • Kernel Version: kernel-2.6.32-44.el6.x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 (KVM guest)

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