As Joshua, mentioned KVM is a kernel module that can be loaded on any Illumos kernel.
The only difference that I can foresee is that illumos-gate might not have code that enables dtrace to trace virtual registers used by kvm. Nick Zivkovic Code: https://github.com/nickziv Blog: http://nickziv.wordpress.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickziv On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Joshua M. Clulow <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15 October 2012 00:17, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:49 PM, Lukas Laukamp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have a question about the support of KVM and Xen in Illumos. I saw that >>> KVM Port exists for OpenIndiana would this port also "work" on Illumos? >> >> Yes, KVM works on illumos, however support for using the OS as a KVM >> hypervisor requires patches which have not been upstreamed yet. Joyent and >> OpenIndiana have each got those patches in those distributions. Note that >> none of that is required to run as a guest of KVM; that Just Works. > > The KVM kernel module is self-contained and at this stage does not > require additional patches in illumos-gate to work. You just need to > build it (and the matching qemu) and run it, or to use somebody else's > binaries. Whether KVM is ever to be included in illumos-gate or not I > don't know, but due to its modular nature and ready availability I > don't really consider that to be particularly important at this stage. > > I would note, also, that additional work is presently on the path to > integration to make illumos a substantially better KVM guest, viz. the > VirtIO storage (and eventually network?) drivers. > > -- > Joshua M. Clulow > UNIX Admin/Developer > http://blog.sysmgr.org > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21500642-caa26a1a > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
