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From https://github.com/intel/haxm https://github.com/intel/haxm : HAXM is a hardware-assisted virtualization engine (hypervisor) that uses Intel Virtualizatio

by jwilk 9y ago

From https://github.com/intel/haxm https://github.com/intel/haxm : HAXM is a hardware-assisted virtualization engine (hypervisor) that uses Intel Virtualization Technology to speed up IA (x86/ x86_64) emulation on a host machine running Windows or macOS.

eropple 9y ago
More concretely (for most folks who'd be interested), it's what underpins an actually-decently-performing Android VM on MacOS.
- pm215 9y ago
  For upstream QEMU I think we're looking at patches that add Hypervisor.framework support for MacOS acceleration -- better to use the builtin support from the OS rather than a 3rd party kernel extension I think. The Android release notes (https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/emulator.html https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/emulator.html) say it supports both Hypervisor.framework and HAXM, with H.f being on by default -- are you saying that H.f has poor performance compared to HAXM?
  - eropple 9y ago
    Oh hey, funny seeing you around here. =) To the best of my memory, I've never used H.f on MacOS with Android. Every Intel image I've used expected HAXM. So I can't tell you either way.
    - bonzini 9y ago
      Yes, it is also a new feature of the Android emulator.