Changes between Version 20 and Version 21 of VirtualBox architecture
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- Nov 21, 2006 9:36:30 AM (17 years ago)
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VirtualBox architecture
v20 v21 40 40 41 41 As said above, from the perspective of the host OS, a virtual machine is just another process. The host OS does not need much tweaking to support virtualization. 42 Even though there is a ring-0 driver that must be loaded in the host OS for !VirtualBox to work, this ring driver does less than you may think. It is only needed for a few specific tasks, such as:42 Even though there is a ring-0 driver that must be loaded in the host OS for !VirtualBox to work, this ring-0 driver does less than you may think. It is only needed for a few specific tasks, such as: 43 43 44 44 * allocating physical memory for the VM;