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diff --git a/misc/kvm/README b/misc/kvm/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b82ae599ea --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/kvm/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +KVM (for 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. + +Reload udev rules. # /etc/rc.d/rc.udev reload + +How use kvm with a non-privileged user: + +Add kvm group # groupadd kvm +Add user to kvm group. Re-login. + +# modprobe kvm-intel or # modprobe kvm-amd |