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Hyper-V is already required for many security features like memory isolation. Also, Windows has an open hypervisor API (iirc QEMU is working on support for it)
by morpheuskafka 7y ago
Hyper-V is already required for many security features like memory isolation. Also, Windows has an open hypervisor API (iirc QEMU is working on support for it) to allow other apps to leverage Hyper-V. VirtualBox hasn't really been competitive with VMWare or Hyper-V for a long time and many of it's key features are under the nonfree extension pack anyway. As a level 1 hypervisior--which by definition is a core part of the OS--Hyper-V will always have the advantage over third-party level 2s.
- throwaway2048 7y agoThe Level 1/2 distinction is almost purely marketing, especially with hardware level virtualization abilities like VT-x and VT-d. In no meaningful way does the fact that Hyper-V is somehow a "level 1" hypervisor make it better at being a virtual machine host.
- mappu 7y ago> iirc QEMU is working on support for it It's great and seamless, just pass `-accel whqx` (instead of `-accel hax` or `-accel kvm`). There are working binaries here: https://shadycode.com/qemu-binaries-for-windows-64-bit-with-hyper-v-and-haxm-support/ https://shadycode.com/qemu-binaries-for-windows-64-bit-with-...