./configure --target-list=x86_64-linux-user --enable-kvm --sysconfdir=/etc/libvirt --localstatedir=/var;

[root@10-3-1-35 qemu_images]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
kvm_amd                41702  0
kvm                   316506  1 kvm_amd

[root@10-3-1-35 qemu_images]# ls -l /dev/kvm
crw-rw----. 1 root root 10, 232 Jun 16 09:13 /dev/kvm

[root@10-3-1-35 qemu-1.7.1]# which qemu-x86_64
/usr/local/bin/qemu-x86_64

[root@10-3-1-35 qemu_images]# qemu-x86_64
usage: qemu-x86_64 [options] program [arguments...]
Linux CPU emulator (compiled for x86_64 emulation)

[root@10-3-1-35 qemu-1.7.1]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)