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Quote: software VMM performs better than hardware VMM due to high VMM/guest transition costs and a rigid programming model; software VMM replaces traps with callouts

QuoteRef: adamK10_2006 , p. abstract



Topic:
virtualized hardware
Topic:
hardware vs. software

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Until recently, the x86 architecture has not permitted … instead used binary translation of the guest kernel … We compare an existing software VMM with a … than the pure software VMM. To determine why, … costs vastly different among native, software VMM and … first, [hardware VMM] offers no support of MMU virtualization; … [p. 2] [Hardware VMM has] high VMM/guest transition costs and a … cost of these transitions. … [p. 7] adaptive [binary translation] can replace most traps with …   Google-1   Google-2

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