QEMU MicroVM machine type: Difference between revisions

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Created page with "The '''microvm''' is an x86 machine type in QEMU. The microvm is designed to be extremely minimalist and simplistic as possible, and to trim the "fat" of a regular QEMU VM. The machine is designed primarily for short-lived guests. ==Why?== Ordinarily, QEMU emulates a full computer with all of its peripherals, usually through the <code>i440fx</code> or <code>q35</code> machine types. The "microvm" skips this by using a machine modeled after [https://firecracker-micro..."
(Created page with "The '''microvm''' is an x86 machine type in QEMU. The microvm is designed to be extremely minimalist and simplistic as possible, and to trim the "fat" of a regular QEMU VM. The machine is designed primarily for short-lived guests. ==Why?== Ordinarily, QEMU emulates a full computer with all of its peripherals, usually through the <code>i440fx</code> or <code>q35</code> machine types. The "microvm" skips this by using a machine modeled after [https://firecracker-micro...")
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