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[Xen-devel] Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux 
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| Subject: | [Xen-devel] Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux |  
| From: | David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
| Date: | Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:58:02 -0700 (PDT) |  
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| From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:49:58 -0700 (PDT)
> A hypervisor is not an operating system.
This is a pretty bogus statement if you ask me.
A hypervisor a software system that provides seperation between
protection realms.
It also handles exceptions and "system calls" on behalf of the other
protection realms.
I personally don't see the difference at all.  And since many
hypervisors even do cpu scheduling, the fundamental differences
converge to almost nothing.
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