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PV = paravirt? Because there are virtio drivers for Windows. KVM qualifies as paravirtualisation to me.
by nly 11y ago
PV = paravirt? Because there are virtio drivers for Windows. KVM qualifies as paravirtualisation to me.
- cthalupa 11y agoKVM is not paravirtualization - it has paravirtualized drivers. A PV VM would use hypercalls instead of regular system calls, would have more context switches due to the lack of protection rings, etc.