diff --git a/src/config.sh b/src/config.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+KVM_ERR=""
+KVM_OPTS=""
+
+if [ -e /dev/kvm ] && sh -c 'echo -n > /dev/kvm' &> /dev/null; then
+  if ! grep -q -e vmx -e svm /proc/cpuinfo; then
+    KVM_ERR="(vmx/svm disabled)"
+  fi
+else
+  [ -e /dev/kvm ] && KVM_ERR="(no write access)" || KVM_ERR="(device file missing)"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${KVM_ERR}" ]; then
+  if [ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]; then
+    error "KVM acceleration not detected ${KVM_ERR}, see the FAQ about this."
+    [[ "${DEBUG}" != [Yy1]* ]] && exit 88
+  fi
+else
+  KVM_OPTS=",accel=kvm -enable-kvm -cpu host"
+fi
+
+DEF_OPTS="-nodefaults"
+RAM_OPTS=$(echo "-m ${RAM_SIZE}" | sed 's/MB/M/g;s/GB/G/g;s/TB/T/g')
+CPU_OPTS="-smp ${CPU_CORES},sockets=1,dies=1,cores=${CPU_CORES},threads=1"
+MAC_OPTS="-machine type=q35,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,hpet=off${KVM_OPTS}"
+SERIAL_OPTS="-serial mon:stdio -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3"
+EXTRA_OPTS="-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0 -object rng-random,id=rng0,filename=/dev/urandom -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
+
+ARGS="${DEF_OPTS} ${CPU_OPTS} ${RAM_OPTS} ${MAC_OPTS} ${SERIAL_OPTS} ${NET_OPTS} ${DISK_OPTS} ${DISPLAY_OPTS} ${EXTRA_OPTS} ${ARGUMENTS}"
+ARGS=$(echo "$ARGS" | sed 's/\t/ /g' | tr -s ' ')
+
+return 0