Intel VT Notes - 01

• VMX (Virtual Machine Extensions)
• VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor)
• Guest Software

[Basic VT Architecture]
Guest Software(VM)
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VMM(Virtual Machine Monitor)
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Hardware

• VMX Operation
  - VMX root operation
  - VMX non-root operation
• VMX Transition (VMX root operation <-> VMX non-root operation)
  - VM entries (VMX root operation ->VMX non-root operation)
  - VM exits (VMX non-root operation -> VMX root operation)
  
• No software-visible bit whose setting indicates whether a logical processor is
  in VMX non-root operation.
• Guest software can run at the privilege level for which it was originally designed.