previous | start | next

Virtualization vs Paravirtualization

Virtualization: Guest OS runs unmodified on host vmm.

Paravirtualization: Small modificatinos of Guest to make virtualization simpler and/or more efficient.

Modifications include to guests some hypervisor calls.

A hypervisor call is a mechanism that allows a guest os to make calls to the vmm (virtual machine monitor) running on the real machine.



previous | start | next