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-rw-r--r--system/kvm-kmod/README20
-rw-r--r--system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild6
-rw-r--r--system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info8
-rw-r--r--system/kvm-kmod/slack-desc8
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/README b/system/kvm-kmod/README
index 7ac9a5a737..f8bf89e67b 100644
--- a/system/kvm-kmod/README
+++ b/system/kvm-kmod/README
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution
for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions
-(Intel VT or AMD-V).
+(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.
-KVM consists of a loadable 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'. This package builds new 'kvm' modules
-and headers for older kernels. The new 'kvm' modules do not overwrite
-the Slackware pre-built 'kvm' modules.
+'kvm-intel.ko' or 'kvm-amd.ko'. Slackware provides these modules
+in the 'a/slackware-modules*' packages and the associated headers
+in the 'd/slackware-headers*' packages. In most cases the
+Slackware provided versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM.
+KVM-KMOD is only needed if you want to change the KVM modules and
+headers to a different version.
+
+KVM-KMOD updates the modules and headers without overwriting the
+Slackware provided versions. 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.
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild
index c2c66cd68e..aba544da84 100644
--- a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.SlackBuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/sh
-# Slackware build script for qemu-kvm
+# Slackware build script for kvm-kmod
# Written by Stu Miller <slackbuilds@go4it2day.com>
#
@@ -22,16 +22,14 @@
# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
PRGNAM=kvm-kmod
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.33.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.6.34.1}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
case "$( uname -m )" in
i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
- # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
*) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
esac
fi
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info
index f4477bcab9..5f78b05e3e 100644
--- a/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info
+++ b/system/kvm-kmod/kvm-kmod.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
PRGNAM="kvm-kmod"
-VERSION="2.6.33.1"
+VERSION="2.6.34.1"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/kvm/kvm-kmod-2.6.33.1.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="18d61c6d95cc7b1c545577836aadbc13"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/kvm/kvm-kmod-2.6.34.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="c227b58ee33f6035f16abd258bcd92ec"
DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
MD5SUM_x86_64=""
MAINTAINER="Stu Miller"
EMAIL="slackbuilds@go4it2day.com"
-APPROVED="dsomero"
+APPROVED="Erik Hanson"
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/slack-desc b/system/kvm-kmod/slack-desc
index 83898a9cd9..e0a9ddd86c 100644
--- a/system/kvm-kmod/slack-desc
+++ b/system/kvm-kmod/slack-desc
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
# leave one space after the ':'.
|-----handy-ruler--------------------------------------------------------|
-kvm-kmod: kvm-kmod (KVM modules and headers for older kernels)
+kvm-kmod: kvm-kmod (KVM kernel modules only)
kvm-kmod:
kvm-kmod: KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution
kvm-kmod: for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions
kvm-kmod: (Intel VT or AMD-V).
kvm-kmod:
-kvm-kmod:
-kvm-kmod:
-kvm-kmod:
+kvm-kmod: KVM is divided into the KVM-KMOD package (kernel modules) and the
+kvm-kmod: QEMU-KVM package (slightly modified QEMU) which are both available
+kvm-kmod: as separate Slackbuilds.
kvm-kmod:
kvm-kmod: