Linux 3.1 Kernel Looking To Bring New KVM Option

[phtpht]

"fast QCOW2 image read-write support"...

Uh, since when is QCOW2 fast?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 3.1 Kernel Looking To Bring New KVM Option

Back in April I reported on a lightweight QEMU-free Linux KVM host tool. This written-from-scratch solution is designed to just boot guest Linux images with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) while being just a few thousand lines of code. A second version of the Native Linux KVM Tool has been released and it's being targeted for inclusion into the Linux 3.1 kernel...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=OTU3NQ