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}}Lguest is a Linux kernel x86 virtualization hypervisor introduced in kernel version 2.6.23 (released 9 October 2007) and removed in kernel version 4.14 (November 2017).NEWS,lwn.net/Articles/733175/, The first half of the 4.14 merge window, Corbet, Jonathan, 8 September 2017, LWN.net, The hypervisor is an operating-system-level virtualization system capable of running unmodified 32-bit x86 Linux kernels as guest machines. Installation is as easy as running modprobe lg followed by tools/lguest/lguest to create a new guest.WEB,git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/lguest/README?id=f938d2c892db0d80d144253d4a7b7083efdbedeb, drivers/lguest/README, Rusty, Russell, Rusty Russell, 2007-07-26, Lguest can still be installed on kernel 4.14 and later through out-of-tree patches.Lguest was maintained by Rusty Russell.WEB,lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/lguest/2017-October/002205.html, Closing the curtain on lguest (and this mailing list!), Rusty Russell, 2017-10-15,

See also

• Comparison of platform virtualization software
• Kernel-based Virtual Machine

References

External links

• {{Official websitelguest.ozlabs.org/}}
• An introduction to lguest (LWN.net)

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