Linux as a Guest OS: Apple Silicon's Virtualization Infrastructure
- Time
- 2026-08-09 14:10 ~ 14:40
- Speaker
- Leesoo Ahn
- Room
- TR213
- Co-write
- https://hackmd.io/rkB1ZExUGl
Abstract
This session provides an {overview, in-depth} architectural breakdown of running Linux Kernel within Apple Silicon’s Virtualization Infrastructure. We will explore it from the ground up, examining what the Hypervisor.framework is.
The talk will specifically cover:
- An Introduction to Apple Silicon's Virtualization Stacks
- Hardware-Assisted CPU virtualization
- VirtIO: Para-virtualization I/O
- User-Space Tools for Virtualization
Speaker
Leesoo Ahn
Senior Software Engineer