On Thursday 06 March 2008 04:01:53 pm Jun Koi wrote: > On 3/6/08, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is the first release of block and network drivers for Linux guests > > running on a kvm host. The drivers are intended for guest kernels > > 2.6.18-2.6.24. Newer kernels include the drivers; older kernels may not > > work. kvm-61 or later is needed in the host. > > > > Network throughput is around 1 Gbit/sec; latency is currently a less > > than stellar 0.3 msec. Both these figures will be improved in the > > future. > > > > The drivers are available from the download page of the kvm website, > > below. > > > > To use, download the drivers into the guest (using one of the emulated > > network cards), unpack the package, and type > > > > make > > sudo make install > > > > You will need the kernel development package installed. > > Excellent, thanks! > > Just 1 question: Above is the instruction for guest. How about the > host? Dont we need to install anything?? > > I suppose that qemu in the latest kvm package already supported > virtio, but I think we need some support from host kernel as well? Hi Jun,
No, AFAIK we don't need any support from the host kernel. We just need a virtio backend to be present in qemu, which is there in the latest kvm-userspace. -- regards, balaji rao ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
