Kernel Based Virtual Machine

Linux Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualisation solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extension (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko. KVM also requires a modified QEMU although work is underway to get the required changes upstream.