Rick, I believe PowerVM would also be considered a Type 1 hypervisor as would VMware.
Ji On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 1:47 PM Rick Troth <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm aware of two true "type 1" hypervisors: z/VM and Xen. Originally, > Xen was actually PARAvirt, but when the newer instructions became > available on AMD/Intel, Xen kinda grew up. As I recall, Xen had to boot > before Linux. I ran Xen at home with good success, but didn't delve into > the details. At the time, I believe Xen was limited to Intel/AMD. > > There are more "type 2" hypervisors than I can count. Perhaps the most > popular these days is KVM on Linux, which supports _Z_, _AMD/Intel_, > _ARM_, and _POWER_. > > … Does this help? > > -- R; <> -- Jim Elliott Mainframe Consultant Sackville Consulting Services / GlassHouse Systems Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
