Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946152AbWJSQFW (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:05:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946153AbWJSQFW (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:05:22 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:64427 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946152AbWJSQFV (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:05:21 -0400 To: Avi Kivity Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine References: <4537818D.4060204@qumranet.com> From: Andi Kleen Date: 19 Oct 2006 18:05:03 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4537818D.4060204@qumranet.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 998 Lines: 18 Avi Kivity writes: > The following patchset adds a driver for Intel's hardware virtualization > extensions to the x86 architecture. The driver adds a character device > (/dev/kvm) that exposes the virtualization capabilities to userspace. Using > this driver, a process can run a virtual machine (a "guest") in a fully > virtualized PC containing its own virtual hard disks, network adapters, and > display. > > Using this driver, one can start multiple virtual machines on a host. Each > virtual machine is a process on the host; a virtual cpu is a thread in that > process. kill(1), nice(1), top(1) work as expected. Where is the user space for this? Is it free? I suppose you need a device model. Do you use qemu's? -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/