Hypervisor Guide

The Hypervisor Guide provides an overview of the Xen hypervisor’s architecture and design, covering its core components, features, and how it manages resources for guest domains.

It serves as a comprehensive reference for developers and users interested in understanding the inner workings of the Xen hypervisor.

• Design documents
  • 1. Hyperlaunch
  • 2. Cache Coloring
  • 3. NUMA Claims
• Code Coverage
  • Compiling Xen
  • Accessing the raw coverage data
  • GCC coverage
  • Clang coverage
• x86
  • How Xen Boots
• ARM
  • ARM System Control and Management Interface (SCMI)