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VMWare ESXi relies on a guest to provide drivers. Seeing a network stack in kernel context makes sense given that the process handling the driver is a VM. The V
by ryao 9y ago
VMWare ESXi relies on a guest to provide drivers. Seeing a network stack in kernel context makes sense given that the process handling the driver is a VM. The VM used to be Linux. I recall them being sued because someone thought that violated the GPL.
- monocasa 9y agoThey wrote a compatibility layer and run modified Linux drivers inside their hypervisor. That's separate from the Linux kernel that they use to boot and subsequently manage the hypervisor.