[CentOS-devel] KVM-66 packages in testing
Akemi Yagi
amyagi at gmail.comTue Apr 29 16:10:16 UTC 2008
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On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Daniel de Kok <daniel at centos.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > We have just added KVM-66 packages to the CentOS 5 testing repository. > This version of the Kernel Virtual Machine has numerous improvements > over KVM-36, which is currently in CentOS-Extras. One of the notable > new features is support for paravirtualized block and network devices > through the virtio architecture[1]. Currently, only Linux kernel > 2.6.25 provides paravirtualized block and NIC drivers. A > paravirtualized NIC driver is available for Windows[2]. > > We'd like to hear from current KVM users whether this version has any > regressions for their applications compared to KVM-36. Of course, we > are interested in other bug reports as well! > > Information on using the CentOS Testing repository can be found on the > CentOS Wiki at: > > http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories > > The KVM module package is named 'kmod-kvm', and has a dependency on > the userland KVM tool. So, the following command should do the trick, > and pull in all required dependencies: > > yum --enablerepo=c5-testing install kmod-kvm > > Thanks, > Daniel Just wanted to let you know that a wiki article on HowTo install/use KVM is also available as a draft: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM Akemi
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