Lguest
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Lguest is a Linux kernel
x86 virtualization
hypervisor
, introduced in kernel version 2.6.23 (released 09-October-2007). It is not a full virtualization
solution; instead it operates the Linux kernel with lguest support. Installation is as easy as running modprobe lg and then run Documentation/lguest/lguest to create a new guest. Lguest is a developing kernel module that in about 5000 lines offers a virtual Linux machine.
Lguest is maintained by Rusty Russell
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Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....
x86 virtualization
X86 virtualization
In computing, x86 virtualization is the facility that allows multiple operating systems to simultaneously share x86 processor resources in a safe and efficient manner, a facility generically known as hardware virtualization...
hypervisor
Hypervisor
In computing, a hypervisor, also called virtual machine manager , is one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. It is so named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program...
, introduced in kernel version 2.6.23 (released 09-October-2007). It is not a full virtualization
Full virtualization
In computer science, full virtualization is a virtualization technique used to provide a certain kind of virtual machine environment, namely, one that is a complete simulation of the underlying hardware...
solution; instead it operates the Linux kernel with lguest support. Installation is as easy as running modprobe lg and then run Documentation/lguest/lguest to create a new guest. Lguest is a developing kernel module that in about 5000 lines offers a virtual Linux machine.
Lguest is maintained by Rusty Russell
Rusty Russell
Paul "Rusty" Russell is an Australian free software programmer and advocate.- Software development :Russell wrote the packet filtering systems ipchains and netfilter/iptables in the Linux operating system kernel...
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See also
- Comparison of platform virtual machines
- Kernel-based Virtual MachineKernel-based Virtual MachineKernel-based Virtual Machine is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel. KVM supports native virtualization on processors with hardware virtualization extensions....