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diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/README b/system/kvm-kmod/README index 83a8145364..0448c08d8e 100644 --- a/system/kvm-kmod/README +++ b/system/kvm-kmod/README @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ -KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution +kvm (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions -(Intel VT or AMD-V). KVM is divided into the KVM-KMOD package -(kernel modules) and the QEMU-KVM package (slightly modified QEMU) -which are both available as separate Slackbuilds. +(Intel VT or AMD-V). kvm is divided into the kvm-kmod package +(kernel modules) and the qemu package which are both available as +separate Slackbuilds. -KVM-KMOD consists of a kernel module, 'kvm.ko', that provides the +kvm-kmod consists of a kernel module, 'kvm.ko', that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, 'kvm-intel.ko' or 'kvm-amd.ko'. Slackware provides these modules in the 'a/kernel-modules*' packages. In most cases, the provided -versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM. KVM-KMOD is only needed -if you want to change the KVM modules to a different version. +versions are sufficient to run qemu with kvm support. This kvm-kmod +package is only needed if you want to change the kvm modules to a +different version. -KVM-KMOD updates the modules without overwriting the ones provided -by Slackware. If you uninstall KVM-KMOD, you will need to run +kvm-kmod updates the modules without overwriting the ones provided +by Slackware. If you uninstall kvm-kmod, you will need to run 'depmod -a' to regenerate the modules.dep and map files to regain access to the Slackware provided versions. |