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Re: x86 -> x86 translation
From: |
Peter Maydell |
Subject: |
Re: x86 -> x86 translation |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:29:03 +0100 |
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 15:27, Amir Naseredini <S.Naseredini@sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Interesting. But is the `KVM` running an `id` function or is the translation
> just quite similar to the original code (but not certainly the same)?
KVM is not translating anything. It is using the host
CPU's virtualization support, so that guest code is
run directly. This is completely different from and
separate to when QEMU is doing emulation of guest code.
thanks
-- PMM