There's a kvm package in debian, which is basically a modified qemu (system emulator) that supports virtualization extensions of modern CPUs.
In lenny it's kvm-72, in sid it's kvm-85 NMU. Kvm itself is (or was) a fast-moving target, and too many things changed and fixed since -72 and even -85. Up until first stable release named "qemu-kvm" of version 0.10.0, all kvm-NN "releases" was nothing more than development snapshots. I maintain kvm package for my needs for a long time, in my local repository. I'm supporting users in kvm-dedicated IRC channel as well. And it's a real PITA to know that I have to refer to external repository (on my site) all debian users, because all their problems are resolved by upgrading to a new version which is not available in Debian. I wrote to debian kvm package maintainer several times, I submitted a bugreport against kvm long time ago, but never heard back. So now I'm requesting a sponsor to upload my packages into debian. The packages can be found here: http://www.corpit.ru/debian/tls/kvm/ In particular: http://www.corpit.ru/debian/tls/kvm/qemu-kvm_0.11.0-tls0.dsc http://www.corpit.ru/debian/tls/kvm/qemu-kvm_0.11.0-tls0.diff.gz http://www.corpit.ru/debian/tls/kvm/qemu-kvm_0.11.0.orig.tar.gz and binary packages for amd64 and i386 (kvm is restricted to x86 for now, with some (incomplete still) support on ppc). I rewrote a (buggy) initial build system completely, but did not change things like licensing (which is basically GPL). Current package (0.11.0-tls0) comes out lintian-clean. I already know a possible problem with this package - it does not work with libvirt on lenny due to libvirt bug, which is already fixed in sid version. So it might be a wise idea to add a Conflicts: line in case it'll go to bpo, which I hope it will, because my experience in #kvm shows that many people are running kvm on lenny host systems and are having problems with it. While at it, I applied to be a Debian Developer, to be able to maintain this and several other packages myself without a need for a sponsor. Thank you for listening. /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
