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1. bonzin+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-07-10 16:57:59
According to the actual paper that introduced the distinction, and adjusting for change of terminology in the last 50 years, a type-1 hypervisor runs in kernel space and a type-2 hypervisor runs in user space. x86 is not virtualizable by a type-2 hypervisor, except by software emulation of the processor.

What actually can change is the amount of work that the kernel-mode hypervisor leaves to a less privileged (user space) component.

For more detail see https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg150882.html

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