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Jails aren't a hypervisor. A jail is just a number in the process table. That's what the hipsters call "containers" these days :-) FreeBSD's hypervisor is call
by floatboth 10y ago
Jails aren't a hypervisor. A jail is just a number in the process table. That's what the hipsters call "containers" these days :-)
FreeBSD's hypervisor is called bhyve (and it uses vmm.ko), and xhyve is a port of bhyve to macOS (uses Apple's Hypervisor.framework). There are other things that use Hypervisor.framework too.
- jsjohnst 10y ago> There are other things that use Hypervisor.framework too. Docker's macOS installer uses it rather than VirtualBox now if memory serves.
- verandaguy 10y agoYeah, my bad, I was just short on sleep when I wrote that :P Still nice to know about Hypervisor.framework. If I ever get back to OS X I'll have to check it out!