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# QEMU Guest {#sec-profile-qemu-guest}

This profile contains common configuration for virtual machines running under
QEMU (using virtio).

It makes virtio modules available on the initrd and sets the system time from
the hardware clock to work around a bug in qemu-kvm.
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Title: QEMU Guest Profile
Summary
This profile provides common configurations for virtual machines running under QEMU, specifically utilizing virtio. It ensures virtio modules are available on the initrd and sets the system time from the hardware clock, which acts as a workaround for a known bug in qemu-kvm.