This is the first release of block and network drivers for Linux guests
running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for guest kernels
2.6.18-2.6.24. Newer kernels include the drivers; older kernels may not
work. kvm-61 or later is needed in the host.
Network throughput is around 1 Gbit/s
On 3/6/08, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is the first release of block and network drivers for Linux guests
> running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for guest kernels
> 2.6.18-2.6.24. Newer kernels include the drivers; older kernels may not
> work. kvm-61 or later is n
Very nice !
1. How about releasing those in ISO format instead (or in addition
to...) tarballs?
2. I have a problem compiling it.
"make sync LINUX=." fails.
I have read the README:
"Where /path/to/kernel is the path to a recent kernel tree containing virtio
drivers. At the moment, this must be
> On 3/6/08, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> This is the first release of block and network drivers for Linux guests
>> running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for guest kernels
>> 2.6.18-2.6.24. Newer kernels include the drivers; older kernels may not
>> work. kvm-61 o
On Thursday 06 March 2008 04:01:53 pm Jun Koi wrote:
> On 3/6/08, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This is the first release of block and network drivers for Linux guests
> > running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for guest kernels
> > 2.6.18-2.6.24. Newer kernels include the
Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Very nice !
>
> 1. How about releasing those in ISO format instead (or in addition
> to...) tarballs?
>
It's not a bad idea. What we really need is for people to submit
spec/deb files for older distros. Then it's a matter of compiling those
RPMs/debs and putting the
Balaji Rao wrote:
>> Excellent, thanks!
>>
>> Just 1 question: Above is the instruction for guest. How about the
>> host? Dont we need to install anything??
>>
>> I suppose that qemu in the latest kvm package already supported
>> virtio, but I think we need some support from host kernel as well?
>>
Avi Kivity wrote:
> > This is the first release of block and network drivers for Linux guests
> > running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for guest kernels
> > 2.6.18-2.6.24. Newer kernels include the drivers; older kernels may not
> > work. kvm-61 or later is needed in the host.
Tr
Iain Paton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Trying to build against 2.6.24 gives the following:
>
> CC [M] /root/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-linux-1/virtio_net.o
> /root/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-linux-1/virtio_net.c: In function 'receive_skb':
> /root/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-linux-1/virtio_net.c:101: error
Paul Collins wrote:
> Iain Paton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>> Trying to build against 2.6.24 gives the following:
>>
>> CC [M] /root/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-linux-1/virtio_net.o
>> /root/kvm/kvm-guest-drivers-linux-1/virtio_net.c: In function 'receive_skb':
>> /root/kvm/kvm-guest-driver
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