Linux Kernel to Include KVM Virtualization

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 11, 2006 @11:34PM from the last-minute-contenders dept.

It looks like the newest version of the Linux kernel (2.6.20) will include KVM, the relatively new virtualization environment. From the article: "Thanks to its approach KVM already runs in the current kernel, without any extensive bouts of patching and compiling being required, after the fairly simple compilation of a module. Virtual machines that run unmodified operating systems are meant to appear in the host as a simple process and work independently of the host kernel. In a fashion comparable to that of Xen a modified QEMU is used for the supportive emulation of typical PC components of the virtual machines."

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No paravirtualization? How stupid. by keeboo · 2006-12-12 02:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Oh, great. It does require hardware extensions for virtualization. -- For some reason I don't feel like upgrading the whole server park here just to migrate from Xen to this thing.

And what if I desire paravirtualization (because it's faster and cleaner) even with such VT-enabled processors available to me?

IMO, unless this technology envolves into something Xen-alike, it was bad decision to include it into the kernel tree.