OpenIndiana KVM Module for AMD CPUs

Installing kernel module

Please note: This module was compiled for the latest version of OpenIndiana, build 151a8. It might also work on other versions of OpenIndiana or OpenSolaris. If it doesn't, please let me know and I will build other versions.

Download openindiana-kvm-with-amd-support.tar.gz and copy it to your OpenIndiana system (using scp). Extract the files and copy the files to the following locations:

• cp kvm /kernel/drv/amd64/
• cp kvm.conf /kernel/drv/
• cp JOY_kvm_link.so /usr/lib/devfsadm/linkmod/

Next, add the module to your kernel using: add_drv kvm

You can verify that the driver installed and attached properly by checking for its presence in /dev: ls -l /dev/kvm

More information

See the following URLs for more information:

• https://github.com/jclulow/illumos-kvm (Fork of illumos-kvm with AMD / SVM support)
• https://github.com/joyent/illumos-kvm
• https://github.com/joyent/illumos-kvm-cmd

-- Ivo van Geel - 07 Jan 2014