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diff --git a/website/src/learning/check-hardware-virt/index.html b/website/src/learning/check-hardware-virt/index.html index 11160cd..1469729 100644 --- a/website/src/learning/check-hardware-virt/index.html +++ b/website/src/learning/check-hardware-virt/index.html @@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ [% WRAPPER h2 h2="Hardware virtualization technologies" anchor="hvm" %] <p> -The first machines to support virtualization were IBM mainframes -in the 1970s. -XXXXXXXXXXX BACKGROUND XXXXXXXXXXXX +The first machines to support virtualization commercially were IBM +mainframes in the 1970s. It has taken PCs nearly 40 years to catch +up. </p> <p> -Until a few years ago the central processors in server PCs were not -<a href="http://XXX">virtualizable</a> except by using slow -emulation or tricks. However both AMD and Intel have recently -produced processors which include extra modes and instructions -that allow full, hardware-accelerated virtualization. +Until a few years ago the central processors in PCs were not +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popek_and_Goldberg_virtualization_requirements">virtualizable</a> +except by using slow emulation or tricks. However both AMD and Intel +have recently produced processors which include extra modes and +instructions that allow full, hardware-accelerated virtualization. </p> <p> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ efficient too. [% END %] -XXX XXX XXX +XXX [%# - look up model number on Intel's site - dmesg |