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diff --git a/system/kvm/README b/system/kvm/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d380b384fb --- /dev/null +++ b/system/kvm/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution +for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT +or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides +the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, +kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko. KVM also requires a modified QEMU although +work is underway to get the required changes upstream. + +Using KVM, one can run multiple virtual machines running unmodified Linux +or Windows images. Each virtual machine has private virtualized hardware: +a network card, disk, graphics adapter, etc. + +If you'd like to build this for a kernel other than the one you're currently +running, you can do something like this: + KERNELVERSION=2.6.27.15 ./kvm.SlackBuild + +This script requires a 'kvm' group to exist before running. The recommended +GID is 221. You can create it like this: groupadd -g 221 kvm + +After installation, add user to kvm group and re-login. Don't forget to load +kernel module kvm-intel (or kvm-amd if you use AMD processors). + +NOTE: if 2.6.30.* or 2.6.31.* kernels are used uncomment appropriate string + in slackbild. + |