Build

git clone https://github.com/thomasbarrett/kvm.git
cd kvm
make

Run

Currently, this project only supports direct kernel boot.

./bin/example <bzImage> <initramfs>

Existing Device Support

• serial: the serial_t device emulates a 16550A UART device.

    epoll <──────── eventfd <─────╮
                                  │
               ╭──────────────╮   │
     read <─── │ │ │ fifo │ │ │ <─┴─ out
(nonblocking)  ╰──────────────╯
               ╭──────────────╮
    write ───> │ │ │ fifo │ │ │ ───> in
(nonblocking)  ╰──────────────╯

In Progress

• phb: the phb_t device emulates a generic PCI host bridge.

~ # lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0d57]

Future Device Support

• virtio-blk
• virtio-net
• vfio

Documentation

• https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
• https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/sysrq.html

Dependencies

• libaio: 0.3