Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:02:34 -0800 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization interface proposal |
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* Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote: > This we find to be quite true. Now, you can use a VMI kernel, make > changes to it, run it on native hardware, and be confident that it will > run properly in a VM as well. And you can develop in a VM, with > confidence that you can run on native hardware. You can even replace > the entire "ROM" image with your own custom debugging image to add any > type of debugging or performance monitoring facility you want - and you > have some very, very interesting hook points into the kernel that make > that task much more achievable.
Replacing a ROM image is easier in terms package management, but still requires full validation and certification process. Swapping out the underlying core is a major change and needs to be re-validated.
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