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* [[perf_events|Counting and tracing KVM events]] | * [[perf_events|Counting and tracing KVM events]] | ||
* [http://blog.stgolabs.net/2012/03/kvm-virtual-x86-mmu-setup.html KVM x86 vMMU setup] - describes how KVM sets up a virtual memory management unit for x86. | * [http://blog.stgolabs.net/2012/03/kvm-virtual-x86-mmu-setup.html KVM x86 vMMU setup] - describes how KVM sets up a virtual memory management unit for x86. | ||
* [http://blog.stgolabs.net/2012/03/kvm-hardware-assisted-paging.html KVM x86 hardware support paging] - a look inside how KVM deals with x86 2D hardware paging. | |||
== KVM Doxygen Documentation == | == KVM Doxygen Documentation == | ||
* [http://doxygen.org/ kvm doxygen documentation tool] | * [http://doxygen.org/ kvm doxygen documentation tool] | ||
Revision as of 09:02, 8 March 2012
Documents
User/Admin documentation
Presentations
- Presentations on many aspects of KVM were made at KVM Forum 2007 (Aug 2007).
- Presentations from the KVM Forum 2008 (June 2008)
- Avi Kivity's presentation from the Ottawa Linux Symposium 2007 (Jun 2007).
- TPR patching [attachment:kvm-tpr-patching.odp overview] (Avi Kivity, Oct 2008)
- Virtio code walkthrough, notes, GSO background (Mark McLoughlin, Oct 2008), and ACM pdf about virtio by Rusty Russell
White papers:
- Qumranet's KVM Whitepaper
Books
Magazine Articles
- Linux Magazine
- KVM for Embedded at Linux Planet
- Linux as a hypervisor at Linux Planet
Benchmarks
Documentation
- small look inside(kvm-54)
- qemu kvm buildup
- qemu-system-x86_64 startup (kvm-57)
- initialization (kvm-57)
- file layout in kernel (~kvm-58)
- Wikibook "QEMU & KVM"
- How KVM deals with memory - a look inside how KVM interacts with the Linux VM.
- Counting and tracing KVM events
- KVM x86 vMMU setup - describes how KVM sets up a virtual memory management unit for x86.
- KVM x86 hardware support paging - a look inside how KVM deals with x86 2D hardware paging.