kvm(1)
kvm-enabling wrapper for qemu-system-x86_64
DESCRIPTION
The
kvm
wrapper script is used to provide compatibility with old
qemu-kvm package which has been merged into qemu as of
version 1.3.
The script executes
-
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm
passing all other command-line arguments to the qemu binary.
This is not the same as old kvm binary, which was using
less strict construct, similar to
-
qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm:tcg
New wrapper ensures that kvm mode is enabled, or the VM
will not start, while old code falled back to emulation
(tcg) mode if kvm isn't available.