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KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution
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for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions
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(Intel VT or AMD-V). KVM is divided into the KVM-KMOD package
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(kernel modules) and the QEMU-KVM package (slightly modified QEMU)
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which are both available as separate Slackbuilds.
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KVM-KMOD consists of a kernel module, 'kvm.ko', that provides the
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core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module,
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'kvm-intel.ko' or 'kvm-amd.ko'. Slackware provides these modules
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in the 'a/kernel-modules*' packages. In most cases, the provided
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versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM. KVM-KMOD is only needed
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if you want to change the KVM modules to a different version.
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KVM-KMOD updates the modules without overwriting the ones provided
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by Slackware. If you uninstall KVM-KMOD, you will need to run
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'depmod -a' to regenerate the modules.dep and map files to regain
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access to the Slackware provided versions.
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By default, this script uses the "users" group for determining who
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has permission to use /dev/kvm, but if you prefer something else,
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set KVMGROUP when running the script, e.g.:
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KVMGROUP=wheel sh kvm-kmod.SlackBuild
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