Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-guest-drivers-linux-1

[Balaji Rao <balajirrao@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 06 March 2008 04:01:53 pm Jun Koi wrote:
> On 3/6/08, Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com> 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.
> >
> >  Network throughput is around 1 Gbit/sec; latency is currently a less
> >  than stellar 0.3 msec.  Both these figures will be improved in the
> > future.
> >
> >  The drivers are available from the download page of the kvm website,
> > below.
> >
> >  To use, download the drivers into the guest (using one of the emulated
> >  network cards), unpack the package, and type
> >
> >   make
> >   sudo make install
> >
> >  You will need the kernel development package installed.
>
> 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?
Hi Jun,

No, AFAIK we don't need any support from the host kernel. We just need a 
virtio backend to be present in qemu, which is there in the latest 
kvm-userspace.

-- 
regards,
balaji rao

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