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* [[MonitorProtocol|QMP]] - Qemu Monitor Protocol | * [[MonitorProtocol|QMP]] - Qemu Monitor Protocol | ||
* [[KSM|KSM]] - Kernel Samepage Merging | * [[KSM|KSM]] - Kernel Samepage Merging | ||
* [[KVMClock| | * [[KVMClock|KVM Paravirtual Clock]] - A paravirtual timesource for KVM | ||
* [[CPUHotPlug|CPU Hotplug support]] - Adding | * [[CPUHotPlug|CPU Hotplug support]] - Adding CPU's on the fly | ||
* [[pcihotplug|PCI Hotplug support]] - Adding | * [[pcihotplug|PCI Hotplug support]] - Adding PCI devices on the fly | ||
* [[vmchannel]] - | * [[VMchannel_Requirements | vmchannel ]] - Communication channel between the host and guests | ||
* [[migration]] - Migrating | * [[migration]] - Migrating virtual machines | ||
* [[vhost]] - | * [[Nested Guests]] - Running virtual machines within virtual machines | ||
* [[VhostNet|vhost]] - | |||
* [[scsi|SCSI disk emulation]] - | * [[scsi|SCSI disk emulation]] - | ||
* [[virtio|Virtio Devices]] - | * [[virtio|Virtio Devices]] - | ||
* [[CPU clustering]] - | * [[CPU clustering]] - | ||
* [[hpet]] - | * [[hpet]] - | ||
* [[ | * [[Device assignment]] - | ||
* [[pxe boot]] - | * [[pxe boot]] - | ||
* [[iscsi boot]] - | * [[iscsi boot]] - | ||
* [[x2apic]] - | * [[x2apic]] - | ||
* [[ | * [[Floppy]] - | ||
* [[cdrom]] - | * [[cdrom|CDROM]] - | ||
* [[ | * [[USB]] - | ||
* [[ | * [[UsbPassthrough|USB host device passthrough]] - | ||
* [[ | * [[Sound]] - | ||
* [[UserspaceIrqchip|Userspace | * [[UserspaceIrqchip|Userspace irqchip emulation]] - | ||
* [[UserspacePit|Userspace | * [[UserspacePit|Userspace pit emulation]] - | ||
* [[Balloon|Balloon memory driver]] - | * [[Balloon|Balloon memory driver]] - | ||
* [[LargePages|Large pages support]] - | * [[LargePages|Large pages support]] - | ||
* [[StableABI|Stable Guest ABI]] - | |||
Latest revision as of 05:20, 10 March 2018
KVM-Features
This is a possibly incomplete list of KVM features, together with their status. Feel free to update any of them as you see fit.
As a guideline, there is a feature description template in here
- QMP - Qemu Monitor Protocol
- KSM - Kernel Samepage Merging
- KVM Paravirtual Clock - A paravirtual timesource for KVM
- CPU Hotplug support - Adding CPU's on the fly
- PCI Hotplug support - Adding PCI devices on the fly
- vmchannel - Communication channel between the host and guests
- migration - Migrating virtual machines
- Nested Guests - Running virtual machines within virtual machines
- vhost -
- SCSI disk emulation -
- Virtio Devices -
- CPU clustering -
- hpet -
- Device assignment -
- pxe boot -
- iscsi boot -
- x2apic -
- Floppy -
- CDROM -
- USB -
- USB host device passthrough -
- Sound -
- Userspace irqchip emulation -
- Userspace pit emulation -
- Balloon memory driver -
- Large pages support -
- Stable Guest ABI -