Porting KVM to SmartOS - Brian Cantrill, Joyent, KVM Forum 2011

Why it was recommended

Porting KVM to Solaris was apparently quite non-trivial

Referencebdha · Original2012-04

What it covers

Bryan Cantrill of Joyent describes the experience of porting KVM to SmartOS, an Illumos-based OS, at KVM Forum 2011. He covers the process, the pain points and how DTrace. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

Red Hat

Length

40 min 34 sec

Year

2011

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