System Requirements
A Linux kernel with KVM support (check for /dev/kvm
) is required to run crosvm. In order to run
certain devices, there are additional system requirements:
virtio-wayland
- Thememfd_create
syscall, introduced in Linux 3.17, and a Wayland compositor.vsock
- Host Linux kernel with vhost-vsock support, introduced in Linux 4.8.multiprocess
- Host Linux kernel with seccomp-bpf and Linux namespacing support.virtio-net
- Host Linux kernel with TUN/TAP support (check for/dev/net/tun
) and running withCAP_NET_ADMIN
privileges.