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diff --git a/system/qemu-kvm/README b/system/qemu-kvm/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..99222171d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/qemu-kvm/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution +for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions +(Intel VT or AMD-V). KVM requires QEMU-KVM to create and run virtual +machines (e.g. Windows, Linux, BSD) under full system emulation or user +mode emulation. QEMU-KVM is a slightly modified QEMU designed to work +with KVM kernel modules. + +KVM 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'. For improved performance QEMU-KVM also +works with 'virtio' modules. Slackware provides pre-built 'kvm' and +'virtio' modules that work with this package. + +After package installation, add a 'kvm' group and add a user to the +'kvm' group and re-login. Don't forget to load the 'kvm-intel' or +'kvm-amd' module depending on your processor. |