Tom Shoes wrote: > Hi there, > > I am looking at using KVM for an embedded product. I am also new > to Virtualization so pardon if > I ask dumb questions. This is my first time posting to this forum. > > The embedded product that need to run KVM has: > > a. Intel processor with VT > b. BIOS supports enabling VT > c. Linux kernel 2.6.26 (from kernel.org) Why 2.6.26, specifically if you seem to have no customized bits? Starting with a pre-historic kernel for a new project is hardly ever a good choice. > d. No VGA adapter > e. Serial console > f. BusyBox > > Need help to understand if KVM can be installed, configured and run > with c,d,e and f configuration > mentioned above? > > Also can I know > a. Is KVM code in Linux kernel 2.6.26 reliable? That kernel is 2 years old, last version is 1.5 years old, and kvm was still quite young into mainline at that time. There is a good chance you may hit some bug that was fixed since then. > b. Will latest KVM code from linux-kvm.org run on Linux kernel 2.6.26? kvm-kmod builds down to 2.6.24, but it is likely only tested down to 2.6.27. And you will miss quite a few relevant performance optimization due to limitations of 2.6.26. Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT T DE IT 1 Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
