Re: [Qemu-discuss] /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 Vs. /usr/bin/kvm emulator

[Bram Klein Gunnewiek]

/usr/bin/kvm is probably just a script executing 
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 with kvm enabled:

#!/bin/sh
exec qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm "$@"

The /usr/bin/kvm 'executable' is from the time qemu-kvm was a fork of 
qemu, see http://wiki.qemu.org/KVM . All KVM features are  merged in the 
QEMU project.

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On 07/10/2016 05:39 PM, Yan Fridland wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Can anyone please explain what is the difference between working with 
> /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 and /usr/bin/kvm emulators?
>
> I have some doubts regarding what is the best emulator type I should supply in the virsh 
> XML (under <emulator> </emulator>) to get maximum performance of my VM.
>
> Thank you,
> Yan