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Xen is a virtual machine monitor for x86 hardware (runs only on i686-class CPUs), which supports running multiple guests operating systems on a single machine. At boot, the xen kernel is loaded (via grub) along with the guest kernel for the first domain (called domain0). domain0 has privileges to access the physical hardware (PCI and ISA devices), administrate other domains and provide virtual devices (disks and network) to other domains. This package contains the Xen 3.3 kernel itself.
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Xen is a virtual machine monitor for x86 hardware (runs only on
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i686-class CPUs), which supports running multiple guests operating
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systems on a single machine. Guest OSes (also called "domains")
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require a modified kernel which supports Xen hypercalls in replacement
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to access to the physical hardware. At boot, the xen kernel is loaded
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(via grub) along with the guest kernel for the first domain (called
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domain0). domain0 has privileges to access the physical hardware (PCI
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and ISA devices), administrate other domains and provide virtual
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devices (disks and network) to other domains.
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This package contains the Xen3 kernel itself.
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