From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Broman Subject: User Question Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:32:57 -0700 Message-ID: <49DCC3A9.9070802@bayarea.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from shell4.BAYAREA.NET ([209.128.82.1]:50232 "EHLO shell4.bayarea.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933049AbZDHPjs (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:39:48 -0400 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I'm running Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 on an AMD Phenom II 910, with a custom 2.6.28 kernel. I want to install KVM with a Windows XP guest. Apologies I'm confused as to exactly what to install .... -I can (should?) apt-get install KVM and/or QEMU from the Jaunty archives. -I can configure KVM into my custom kernel using CONFIG_KVM=m, CONFIG_KVM_AMD=m and a couple other .config options. -I can download, compile and install kvm-84 from source for my kernel On this basis I would presumably invoke qemu-system-x86_64 from the install directory. This is a home not production system, and I'd like to get the best guest performance possible. I'm a little confused between KVM and QEMU ... I know there's a KVM kernel module(s) plus the facility to run the virtual guest, but I'm unsure which of the above choices to use. Would appreciate recommendations and/or pointers to useful docs. Thanks!