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Re: [Xen-users] bootable disk of xen on xen.org

To: Itamar Reis Peixoto <itamar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] bootable disk of xen on xen.org
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:32:13 +0200
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 09:22:08AM -0200, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote:
> >
> > Xen is type 1 baremetal hypervisor, while KVM is type 2 hosted hypervisor.
> >
> > See: http://www.xen.org/files/Marketing/HypervisorTypeComparison.pdf
> >
> > (link from: http://www.xen.org/products/xenhyp.html)
> >
> > -- Pasi
> >
> >
> 
> xen uses kvm internally, why KVM is not type 1 ?
> 

Xen does NOT use kvm internally. Xen existed many years before kvm.
Xen uses Qemu as a device emulator, just like kvm does.

-- Pasi


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