KVM Forum Courses

Parallel vCPU Onlining for ARM64

Explore parallel CPU onlining implementation for arm64 architecture, covering CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL enablement and its potential to accelerate vCPU onlining under KVM.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Optimizing vPMU on ARM

Discover how to optimize ARM vPMU implementation by reducing overhead through selective untrapping of PMU registers, leveraging PMUv3 and FGT features for direct hardware access.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Next Generation QEMU Functional Testing Framework

Discover how QEMU's functional tests were completely rewritten, transitioning from Avocado to meson test runner with lightweight libraries for improved testing efficiency.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Upstreaming NVIDIA vGPU Support - Architecture, Implementation, and Roadmap

Discover NVIDIA vGPU upstream architecture using SR-IOV and VFIO framework for virtualized GPU environments, covering implementation details and community roadmap.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The State of QEMU WebAssembly Port

Discover QEMU's WebAssembly port enabling browser-based system emulation, covering implementation details, current 32-bit TCI support, and future plans for 64-bit guests and TCG backend.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Virtio 2025 State of the Union

Discover the latest developments in virtio technology, including new devices, drivers, and specification updates, plus insights into future roadmap for 2026 and beyond.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

guest_memfd for Non-Confidential VMs and Spectre Protection

Explore guest_memfd's application beyond confidential computing to harden traditional VMs against Spectre-style attacks and enhance security in non-confidential environments.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NeVer Again - The Last KVM/arm64 Rewrite

Explore KVM/arm64's major redesign for Nested Virtualisation support in Linux v6.16, featuring ARM Architecture Machine Readable Specification integration and architectural compliance.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

QEMU Time Control Redefined - From Time to Time

Discover how QEMU's new TCG plugin API revolutionizes time control with per-CPU clocks, enabling realistic instruction-based timing while maintaining multithreaded execution support.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Attesting Confidential Devices and Provisioning Secure Workload Identities with Trustee

Discover Trustee's latest developments in confidential computing: attestation for CVMs with devices like NVIDIA H100 and secure identity provisioning for confidential guests.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Rust Firmware for EFI Direct Kernel Boot on Mach-virt/ARM64

Explore a minimal Rust-based EFI implementation for superfast arm64 VM boot, enabling secure direct kernel loading with full memory protections and reduced maintenance overhead.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Virtual Secure Boot in 2025 - The Confidential Computing Edition

Explore virtual secure boot evolution for confidential computing, covering SEV-ES, SEV-SNP, TDX challenges and solutions across x86, aarch64, and riscv64 platforms without SMM emulation.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NVIDIA vGPU Support on Grace Blackwell Superchip - Architecture, Design, Upstreaming Status

Explore NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Superchip's vGPU architecture, unified memory design, and virtualization capabilities for high-performance datacenter applications.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hexagon System Emulation

Discover Hexagon DSP system emulation in QEMU, covering energy-efficient computation, Snapdragon SoC integration, and booting Hexagon QuRT/Linux with unique architectural challenges.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making io_uring Pervasive in QEMU

Explore io_uring integration in QEMU, covering asynchronous I/O optimization, new APIs, event loop enhancements, and performance improvements for Linux kernel features.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video