Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware. It consists of a loadable kernel module called kvm.ko and a userspace component, both open source software. The kernel component of KVM is included in mainline Linux, and will appear in upcoming Linux 2.6.20.

KVM allows one to run virtual machines using unmodified Linux or Windows disk images. Each virtual machine has private virtualized hardware: a network card, disk, graphics adapter, etc.

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Understanding Kernel-based Virtual Machine for Linux

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