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Bug#398458: ITP: kvm -- full virtualization on x86 hardware



On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:42:43PM +0200, Baruch Even wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Baruch Even <baruch@debian.org>
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> 
> * Package name    : kvm
>   Version         : 0.0.2
>   Upstream Author : Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
> * URL             : http://kvm.sourceforge.net/
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : full virtualization on x86 hardware
> 
> KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for
> Linux on x86 hardware. It consists of a loadable kernel module (kvm.ko) and a
> userspace component.
> 
> 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. 
> 
While apparently it is a goal of the project to support both AMD and
Intel CPUs, the fact that it currently only works on Intel VT capable
CPUs needs to mentioned somewhere in the description.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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