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

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

Baruch Even a écrit :
> 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. 
> 
> 

Very interesting. It may be a good idea to add that you need a CPU with
VT capabilities in the description. Also maybe "based on QEMU" could be
added.


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