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authorStu Miller <slackbuilds@go4it2day.com>2010-05-13 01:01:05 +0200
committerDavid Somero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>2010-05-13 01:01:05 +0200
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+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.