MMU Virtualization via Intel EPT: Technical Details
Overview This article marks the first of 5 articles covering the virtualization of the memory management unit (MMU) using Intel EPT. This technology is used as additional support for the virtualization of physical memory and allows hypervisors to monitor memory activity. This article will address the motivation for extended page tables, the many performance concerns […]
Day 4: VMCS Initialization, Segmentation, and Operation Visualization
Overview A quick apology for the extended delay of this series. It is my intention to continue this series at Day 4 with a lot of newfound knowledge to share with the readers. I hope that with the last 6 months those of you who had taken an interest in this series were able to […]
Day 0: Virtual Environment Setup, Scripts, and WinDbg
Overview Today is the day you begin your wild journey into hypervisor development. It’s going to be miserable, rewarding, frustrating, and exciting – all at the same time. In this article, we accelerate head on into setting up our virtual environment using VMware (taking advantage of their nested virtualization), write scripts for quick stand-up and […]