Re: [PATCH 2/3] Consolidate host virtualization support under Virtualizationmenu

From: Charles N Wyble
Date: Tue Sep 18 2007 - 16:10:46 EST


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Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Charles N Wyble wrote:
>>
>> Zachary Amsden wrote:
>> <snip>>
>>> Virtualization is completely different, and probably needs separate
>>> server (kvm, lguest) and client (kvm, lguest, xen, vmware) sections in
>>> it's menu.
>>
>> So what is the differentiation between client and server above? Just
>> curious what makes kvm and lguest server and client.
>
> "Host" and "guest" are better terms, I think. Kvm is all host, since
> guests need no modification. lguest turns the kernel into both host and
> guest. Xen Linux kernels are all guest, since the Xen hypervisor is the
> host.
>
> J


Ah ok. Thank you so much for the clarification. :)
>
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