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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def kernel_image(self, kernel_image):
 """ Sets the kernel image path for this QEMU VM. :param kernel_image: QEMU kernel image path """


        kernel_image = self.manager.get_abs_image_path(kernel_image)
        log.info('QEMU VM "{name}" [{id}] has set the QEMU kernel image path to {kernel_image}'.format(name=self._name,
                                                                                                       id=self._id,
                                                                                                       kernel_image=kernel_image))
        self._kernel_image = kernel_image