KVM paravirtulization howto

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June 11, 2009 - 10:44am

leigh

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Hi Guys,

I've read that of kernel 2.6.20, KVM has support for paravirtulization. I currently have a requirement to run multiple para-virt Linux hosts, but I can't seem to get them running. Does anyone know if there is a howto for creating a para-virt host using KVM?

Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Leigh

June 12, 2009 - 2:20pm

Haydn Solomon

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Re: kvm paravirt howto

For linux guests, you'll need at least kernel 2.6.25. See post below as example on requirements, usage.

http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/tip-booting-linux-2625-kernel-built-paravirtual-block-and-network-device-drivers-fedora-9

For the host side, any relatively recent version of kvm should do. What kvm version are you running?

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