kvm-sys
| Crates.io | kvm-sys |
| lib.rs | kvm-sys |
| version | 0.3.0 |
| source | src |
| created_at | 2019-08-24 00:35:50.06273 |
| updated_at | 2019-08-24 00:35:50.06273 |
| description | Bindings for KVM interface |
| homepage | https://github.com/gz/kvm |
| repository | https://github.com/gz/kvm.git |
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Gerd Zellweger (gz)
documentation
README
KVM
Rust interface to the KVM Hypervisor
Check out the examples
General documentation for KVM can be found in the Kernel Documentation Tree and through this LWN article by Josh Triplett
What is KVM?
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a Linux hypervisor which provides an interface the hardware virtualization extensions of a machine. In particular, using KVM, a userspace process can set up a guest VM's address space, provide/receive I/O, and run a Virtual CPU.
How is it different from QEMU?
QEMU is a userspace process which can use KVM to construct virtual machines. QEMU is responsible for emulating a full suite of hardware devices in order to execute a complete operating system. KVM only provides the means to execute in a hardware enforced "sandbox." User processes are responsible for the booting and device emulation.
Requirements
Rust >= 1.2.0
License
Apache 2.0