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| author |   Stu Miller <slackbuilds@go4it2day.com> | 2011-01-16 01:41:14 -0600 |
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| committer |   Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2011-01-16 01:41:14 -0600 |
| commit | 9e2de2de7f4669113a97e3aab20d563bd7edffcf (patch) | |
| tree | adcd74cb6a1f4106a52989160114db84652cd769 /system/kvm-kmod/README | |
| parent | b878aabf9252914b6480095fe1067ccb1bd84e7a (diff) | |
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system/kvm-kmod: Updated for version 2.6.37.
This commit also fixes the build process for those
wanting to build for a kernel other than the one
that happens to be running at that time.
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/kvm-kmod/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/kvm-kmod/README | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/README b/system/kvm-kmod/README index f8bf89e67b..dc3d0cea5d 100644 --- a/system/kvm-kmod/README +++ b/system/kvm-kmod/README @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ which are both available as separate Slackbuilds. KVM-KMOD consists of a kernel module, 'kvm.ko', that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, 'kvm-intel.ko' or 'kvm-amd.ko'. Slackware provides these modules -in the 'a/slackware-modules*' packages and the associated headers -in the 'd/slackware-headers*' packages. In most cases the -Slackware provided versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM. -KVM-KMOD is only needed if you want to change the KVM modules and -headers to a different version. +in the 'a/kernel-modules*' packages. In most cases, the provided +versions are sufficient to run QEMU-KVM. KVM-KMOD is only needed +if you want to change the KVM modules to a different version. -KVM-KMOD updates the modules and headers without overwriting the -Slackware provided versions. If you uninstall KVM-KMOD you will -need to run 'depmod -a' to regenerate the modules.dep and map -files to regain access to the Slackware provided versions. +KVM-KMOD updates the modules without overwriting the ones provided +by Slackware. If you uninstall KVM-KMOD, you will need to run +'depmod -a' to regenerate the modules.dep and map files to regain +access to the Slackware provided versions. + +You need to have a "kvm" group on the system in order to use this. |