Re: kvm or qemu-kvm?

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On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 18:42 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 09/30/2009 04:21 AM, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/HOWTO1 says to build kvm I should get the
> > latest kvm-release.tar.gz.
> >
> > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Downloads says "If you want to use the
> > latest version of KVM kernel modules and supporting userspace, you can
> > download the latest version from
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180599.";
> > That page shows the latest version is qemu-kvm-0.11.0.tar.gz.
> >
> > The most recent kvm-release.tar.gz appears to be for kvm-88.
> >
> > So which file should I start from?
> >    
> 
> qemu-kvm is the userspace component, kvm-kmod is the kernel component as 
> an external module.  'kvm' is a package containing both.
That helps a lot; maybe that info could go up on the bugs or faq page.
I couldn't find it (that is, there is info that there are kernel and
user space components, but not how these relate to the tar files).
> 
> In general the best place to start is with the distro provided packages.
> 
My distro (Debian) is only at 85, even in unstable.  Since it wasn't
current, and also the dependencies will have wide effects on my system
(which I'm trying to keep at the stable release Lenny), I figured
getting the current source and building it myself would be the best
move.  For other reasons I'm already running a 2.6.30 kernel from
Debian, which includes kernel side kvm.  So I figure I only need to mess
with user space.

Ross

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