| 1 | = 2011-10-26 = |
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| 3 | == Virtualization == |
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| 5 | * [http://www.cio.com/article/print/692428 Linux Kernel Now Supports OpenRISC, Nested Virtualization] - Linux Kernel 3.1 支援在虛擬機器裡面開啟虛擬機器。 |
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| 7 | Linux has support for nested virtualization within the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor. |
| 8 | This feature, built from AMD's Nested VMX, allows a virtual machine to be run from inside another. |
| 9 | Linux will also provide KVM with the ability to tap into the SMEP (Supervisory Mode Execute Protection) |
| 10 | of Intel's next-generation Ivy Bridge processors, which should reduce some of the performance overhead |
| 11 | typically associated with virtual clients. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Users of the Xen hypervisor get some new features as well: Linux 3.1 will be the first to allow Xen-based |
| 14 | virtual machines to directly access devices on a PCI bus, a capability previously only available through |
| 15 | a patch. It also folds in Xen's Balloon Driver, which can be used to adjust the amount of working memory |
| 16 | used by a virtual machine during operation. |
| 17 | }}} |