Configure and build using something like:Īccording to the spec (see V3, S25-3, pp25-8), under certain conditions (which happen to be met by the OS X idle thread), guest-mode MWAIT will always default to being treated as a NOP, never entering a low-power sleep state. After making changes, re-runįrom under the kvm-kmod folder, and don't forget to copy and reload the kvm*.ko modules as shown above. Git clone git:///pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.gitĪny hacking and modification of the KVM source will happen under the kvm repo.
OK, here's what you'll need (or skip to the technical details instead): Somloįeedback to: somlo at cmu dot edu 0.
Running Mac OS X as a QEMU/KVM Guest Gabriel L.
