operating sytem《操作系统》ch02-operating-system structures-42.ppt

Solaris Modular Approach Mac OS X hybrid structure 2.8 Virtual Machines The fundamental idea behind a virtual machine is to abstract the hardware of a single computer into several different execution environments, thereby creating the illusion that each separate execution environment is running its own private computer. A virtual machine takes the layered approach to its logical conclusion. It treats hardware and the operating system kernel as though they were all hardware A virtual machine provides an interface identical to the underlying bare hardware The operating system creates the illus