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User Mode Linux HOWTO — The Linux Kernel documentation

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This document describes the use and abuse of Jeff Dike’s User Mode Linux: a port of the Linux kernel as a normal Intel Linux process. Normally, the Linux Kernel talks straight to your hardware (video card, keyboard, hard drives, etc), and any programs which run ask the kernel to operate the hardware, like so: The User Mode Linux Kernel is different; instead of talking to the hardware, it talks to a real Linux kernel (called the host kernel from now on), like any other program. Programs can then run inside User-Mode Linux as if they were running under a normal kernel, like so: Compiling the user mode kernel is just like compiling any other kernel. Download the latest kernel from your favourite kernel mirror, such as: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.4.14.tar.xz Make a directory and unpack the kernel into it: Run your favorite config; make xconfig ARCH=um is the most convenient. make config ARCH=um and make menuconfig ARCH=um will work as well. The defaults w

User Mode Linux HOWTO - The Linux Kernel documentation Docs >> Linux Virtualization Support >> User Mode Linux HOWTO View page source User Mode Linux HOWTO ¶ Author: User Mode Linux Core Team Last-updated: Sat Jan 25 16:07:55 CET 2020 This document describes the use and abuse of Jeff Dike’s User Mode Linux: a port of the Linux kernel as a normal Intel Linux process. 1. Introduction ¶ Welcome to User Mode Linux. It’s going to be fun. 1.1. How is User Mode Linux Different? ¶ Normally, the Linux Kernel talks straight to your hardware (video card, keyboard, hard drives, etc), and any programs whic

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