eWeek: Linux Kernel to Add VMI Mar 27, 2007, 15 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (11488 reads) (Other stories by Jason Brooks)
"The next stable update to the Linux kernel, Version 2.6.21, is slated to include a new feature submitted by VMware called VMI.
"Virtualized operating system instances can enjoy performance and management benefits if their kernels are modified to communicate with the hypervisor under which they run. This arrangement is called paravirtualization..."