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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/qemu.scm16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/qemu.scm b/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
index e22ffd2fb6..b79da989a6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qemu.scm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
(define-module (gnu packages qemu)
#:use-module (guix download)
#:use-module (guix packages)
- #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'license:))
+ #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl2))
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
#:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
#:use-module (gnu packages glib)
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@
("attr" ,attr)))
(home-page "http://www.linux-kvm.org/")
(synopsis
- "A full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions")
- (description #f)
- (license #f)))
+ "Virtualization for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions")
+ (description
+ "KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution
+for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or
+AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the
+core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module,
+kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko. KVM also requires a modified QEMU although work is
+underway to get the required changes upstream.")
+
+ ;; Many files are GPLv2+, but some are GPLv2-only---e.g., `memory.c'.
+ (license gpl2)))