README: Add host kernel version details

Signed-off-by: Rob Bradford <robert.bradford@intel.com>
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- [Architectures](#architectures) - [Architectures](#architectures)
- [Guest OS](#guest-os) - [Guest OS](#guest-os)
- [2. Getting Started](#2-getting-started) - [2. Getting Started](#2-getting-started)
- [Host OS](#host-os)
- [Preparation](#preparation) - [Preparation](#preparation)
- [Install prerequisites](#install-prerequisites) - [Install prerequisites](#install-prerequisites)
- [Clone and build](#clone-and-build) - [Clone and build](#clone-and-build)
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platform. For getting started on the `AArch64` platform, please refer to the platform. For getting started on the `AArch64` platform, please refer to the
[Arm64 documentation](docs/arm64.md). [Arm64 documentation](docs/arm64.md).
## Host OS
Based on required KVM functionality the minimum host kernel version is 4.11.
For adequate peformance the minimum recommended host kernel vesion is 5.6. The
majority of the CI currently tests with kernel version 5.15.
## Preparation ## Preparation
We create a folder to build and run `cloud-hypervisor` at `$HOME/cloud-hypervisor` We create a folder to build and run `cloud-hypervisor` at `$HOME/cloud-hypervisor`