FYI, for the new files introduced, Avi should be following up with a patch to add Copyrights to the files. They will be licensed under the GPL.
Regards, Anthony Liguori Anthony Liguori wrote: > KVM is a Linux interface for providing userspace interfaces for accelerated > virtualization. It has been included since 2.6.20 and supports Intel VT and > AMD-V. Ports are under way for ia64, embedded PowerPC, and s390. > > This set of patches provide basic support for KVM in QEMU. It does not > include > all of the changes in the KVM QEMU branch (such as virtio, live migration, > extboot, etc). However, if we can get these first portions merged, I will > follow up with the remainder of the changes and I believe we can be fully > merged in the very near future. > > The first 5 patches of this series are not KVM specific but are critical fixes > for KVM to be functional. The 6th patch provides KVM support. The goal in > providing KVM support is to make sure that when KVM support is not compiled > in, > the code paths aren't changed at all. I hope this makes it very easy to > merge. > > KVM moves very quickly, so I'd appreciate if these patches can be reviewed as > soon as possible as it's going to be tough to keep them in sync with the main > KVM tree while they're out of tree. > > To enable KVM support, you have to have to libkvm installed. You should also > explicitly specify the location of your kernel tree (with KVM headers) with > the > --kernel-path option. We will improve libkvm such that this isn't required in > future versions. > > KVM also has an enhanced Bochs BIOS. I've tested these patches with out it > and > it's not strictly necessary for basic functionality. I would recommend > pulling > in a copy of it though as it has useful fixes even in the absence of KVM. > > A very large number of people have contributed to these patches with Avi > Kivity > being the main developer of this support. For a full listing of contributers, > please consult the KVM ChangeLog[1]. > > [1] http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/ChangeLog > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
