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Hi Florian,

Florian Pelz writes:

>  @example
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 \
> +qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm \
...
> -The ordering of the drives matters.
> +The ordering of the drives matters.  @code{-enable-kvm} is optional, but
> +significantly improves performance, @pxref{Running Guix in a VM}.

"-enable-kvm" is deprecated.  Please use "-accel kvm" instead.  QEMU
will probably support "-enable-kvm" option forever but "-accel kvm" is
recommended.