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2010-03-23T11:10:56Z

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== Kernel Based Virtual Machine ==

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.

The kernel component of KVM is included in mainline Linux, as of 2.6.20.

KVM is open source software.

== Common Pages ==
{| style="border:none"
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* [[KVM Forum]]
* [[TODO]]
* [[KVM-Autotest]]
* [[KVM Features]]
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* [[Management Tools]]
* [[Documents]]
|}

== Common External Pages ==
{|style="border:none"
|style="width:50%;border:none;"|
* [http://www.nongnu.org/qemu QEMU]
* [http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Processors Xen's HVM Compatible Processors List]
|style="width:50%;border:none;"|

* [http://qemu-buch.de Book "qemu-kvm & libvirt"]
* [http://qemu-buch.de/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ QEMU Wiki]
|}

Documents

2009-08-10T06:28:06Z

Rowa: http://qemu-buch.de/english/order.php Book "QEMU & KVM"

= Documents =

== User/Admin documentation ==
* [[HOWTO]]
* [http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/qemu-doc.html QEMU user manual]
== Presentations ==
* Presentations on many aspects of KVM were made at [[KvmForum2007]] (Aug 2007).
* Presentations from the [[KvmForum2008]] (June 2008)
* Avi Kivity's presentation from the [http://ols.108.redhat.com/2007/Reprints/kivity-Reprint.pdf Ottawa Linux Symposium 2007] (Jun 2007).
* TPR patching [attachment:kvm-tpr-patching.odp overview] (Avi Kivity, Oct 2008)
* [http://markmc.fedorapeople.org/virtio-code-review/VirtioCodeReview.pdf Virtio code walkthrough], [http://markmc.fedorapeople.org/virtio-code-review/virtio-talk.txt notes], [http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2008/05/28/checksums-scatter-gather-io-and-segmentation-offload/ GSO background] (Mark McLoughlin, Oct 2008), and [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1400097.1400108 ACM pdf about virtio by Rusty Russell]
== White papers: ==
* Qumranet's [http://www.qumranet.com/files/white_papers/KVM_Whitepaper.pdf KVM Whitepaper]
== Books ==
* [http://qemu-buch.de/english/order.php Book "QEMU & KVM", ISBN 978-3-8370-0876-0]
== Magazine Articles ==
* [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issues/2008/86/kernel_tricks Linux Magazine]
* [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6490/4/ KVM for Embedded] at Linux Planet
* [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6503/1/ Linux as a hypervisor] at Lunux Planet
== Benchmarks ==
* [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_virt_benchmarks&num=1 Phoronix - Ubuntu 8.04 KVM Benchmarks]
* [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_corei7_virt&num=1 Phoronix - Intel Core i7 Virtualization Performance]
== Documentation ==
* [[small_look_inside|small look inside(kvm-54)]]
* [[buildup|qemu kvm buildup]]
* [[vl_runthrough|qemu-system-x86_64 startup (kvm-57)]]
* [[initialization|initialization (kvm-57)]]
* [[file_layout_in_kernel|file layout in kernel (~kvm-58)]]
* [http://qemu-buch.de/ Wikibook "QEMU & KVM"]
== KVM Doxygen Documentation ==
* [http://kvmapi.ath.cx kvm doxygen documentation]
== Tools ==
* [[tools|Tools]]
== Supported cpus ==
* [[processor_support|cpus]]

Documents

2009-08-10T06:24:27Z

Rowa:

= Documents =

== User/Admin documentation ==
* [[HOWTO]]
* [http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/qemu-doc.html QEMU user manual]
== Presentations ==
* Presentations on many aspects of KVM were made at [[KvmForum2007]] (Aug 2007).
* Presentations from the [[KvmForum2008]] (June 2008)
* Avi Kivity's presentation from the [http://ols.108.redhat.com/2007/Reprints/kivity-Reprint.pdf Ottawa Linux Symposium 2007] (Jun 2007).
* TPR patching [attachment:kvm-tpr-patching.odp overview] (Avi Kivity, Oct 2008)
* [http://markmc.fedorapeople.org/virtio-code-review/VirtioCodeReview.pdf Virtio code walkthrough], [http://markmc.fedorapeople.org/virtio-code-review/virtio-talk.txt notes], [http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2008/05/28/checksums-scatter-gather-io-and-segmentation-offload/ GSO background] (Mark McLoughlin, Oct 2008), and [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1400097.1400108 ACM pdf about virtio by Rusty Russell]
== White papers: ==
* Qumranet's [http://www.qumranet.com/files/white_papers/KVM_Whitepaper.pdf KVM Whitepaper]
== Magazine Articles ==
* [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issues/2008/86/kernel_tricks Linux Magazine]
* [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6490/4/ KVM for Embedded] at Linux Planet
* [http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6503/1/ Linux as a hypervisor] at Lunux Planet
== Benchmarks ==
* [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_virt_benchmarks&num=1 Phoronix - Ubuntu 8.04 KVM Benchmarks]
* [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_corei7_virt&num=1 Phoronix - Intel Core i7 Virtualization Performance]
== Documentation ==
* [[small_look_inside|small look inside(kvm-54)]]
* [[buildup|qemu kvm buildup]]
* [[vl_runthrough|qemu-system-x86_64 startup (kvm-57)]]
* [[initialization|initialization (kvm-57)]]
* [[file_layout_in_kernel|file layout in kernel (~kvm-58)]]
* [http://qemu-buch.de/ Wikibook "QEMU & KVM"]
== KVM Doxygen Documentation ==
* [http://kvmapi.ath.cx kvm doxygen documentation]
== Tools ==
* [[tools|Tools]]
== Supported cpus ==
* [[processor_support|cpus]]

Main Page

2009-08-10T05:10:53Z

Rowa: http://qemu-buch.de Wikibook "QEMU & KVM"

== Kernel Based Virtual Machine ==

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.

The kernel component of KVM is included in mainline Linux, as of 2.6.20.

KVM is open source software.

== Common Pages ==
{| style="border:none"
|style="width:50%;border:none;"|
* [[KVM Forum]]
* [[TODO]]
* [[KVM-Autotest]]
|style="width:50%;border:none;"|
* [[Management Tools]]
* [[Documents]]
|}

== Common External Pages ==
{|style="border:none"
|style="width:50%;border:none;"|
* [http://www.nongnu.org/qemu QEMU]
* [http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Processors Xen's HVM Compatible Processors List]
|style="width:50%;border:none;"|

* [http://qemu-buch.de Wikibook "QEMU & KVM"]
* [http://qemu-buch.de/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ QEMU Wiki]
|}