On 12/29/06, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Dec 29 2006 09:53, Kai Ponte wrote: >On Thursday 28 December 2006 18:44, Fred A. Miller wrote: >> This is important for a number here.....new kernel, new BIG feature..to >> some anyway. >> >> http://www.osdir.com/Article9578.phtml > >"by adding virtualization capabilities to a standard Linux kernel, we can >enjoy all the fine-tuning work that has gone (and is going) into the kernel, >and bring that benefit into a virtualized environment." > >Cool! > >Does this mean my MAME and NESticle games will run even smoother? It means XEN becomes oboslete ;-)
I just did a little more reading. It does look like KVM is a XEN competitor. One issue is that it does not implement paravirtualization and thus only supports the new generation of CPUs with VT (Intel) or AMD-V (SVN?). Especially in the Desktop world it is going to be a while before those are either routinely available. XEN OTOH can support Linux Guests with standard CPUs via paravirtualization. (Xen too needs the new CPUs for Windows Guest OSes.) Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
