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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/slackware-modules*' packages and the associated headers
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in the 'd/slackware-headers*' packages. In most cases the
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Slackware provided versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM.
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KVM-KMOD is only needed if you want to change the KVM modules and
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headers to a different version.
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KVM-KMOD updates the modules and headers without overwriting the
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Slackware provided versions. If you uninstall KVM-KMOD you will
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need to run 'depmod -a' to regenerate the modules.dep and map
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files to regain access to the Slackware provided versions.
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