Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 11, 2007 01:33 AM
Not with the virtualization described in this article. It's just for multiple instances of Linux.
Wrong. KVM runs Linux.
Running under virtualization will still be slower than running without virtualization. The new support in the new processors just means the performance impact will be less. There will still be a performance impact.
Obviously virtualized software is going to be slower but support in the processor makes things much faster. I've already run an operating system in a virtual machine on a laptop without virtualization support in the processor and it was usable. This is only going to make things better and faster.
Competition would be good if it were directed towards competing implementations of compatible products. But it's not. The problem is that all these different approaches are incompatible with each other. That's a bad thing.
Exactly what kind of compatibility are you looking for? KVM does not require a modified kernel. There are no compatibility issues. If you're talking about processor support, like I said before, it's the norm so get used to it, and it has nothing to do with Linux.
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Re:Virtualization blah
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 11, 2007 01:33 AMNot with the virtualization described in this article. It's just for multiple instances of Linux.
Wrong. KVM runs Linux.
Running under virtualization will still be slower than running without virtualization. The new support in the new processors just means the performance impact will be less. There will still be a performance impact.
Obviously virtualized software is going to be slower but support in the processor makes things much faster. I've already run an operating system in a virtual machine on a laptop without virtualization support in the processor and it was usable. This is only going to make things better and faster.
Competition would be good if it were directed towards competing implementations of compatible products. But it's not. The problem is that all these different approaches are incompatible with each other. That's a bad thing.
Exactly what kind of compatibility are you looking for? KVM does not require a modified kernel. There are no compatibility issues. If you're talking about processor support, like I said before, it's the norm so get used to it, and it has nothing to do with Linux.
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