x86 System emulator
Board-specific documentation
Architectural features
- Recommendations for KVM CPU model configuration on x86 hosts
- Syntax for configuring CPU models
- Hyper-V Enlightenments
- Xen HVM guest support
- Xen PVH machine (
xenpvh) - Paravirtualized KVM features
- Software Guard eXtensions (SGX)
- AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
- Intel Trusted Domain eXtension (TDX)
OS requirements
On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer.