Intel has released a new version of the virtualization engine HAXM 7.8 (Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager) and subsequently archived the repository, announcing the discontinuation of project support. Intel will no longer accept patches or fixes, participate in development, or provide updates. Those who wish to continue development are encouraged to create a fork and develop it independently.
HAXM is a cross-platform hypervisor (Linux, NetBSD, Windows, macOS) that leverages Intel processor hardware extensions (Intel VT, Intel Virtualization Technology) to accelerate and enhance isolation. of virtual machines. The hypervisor is implemented as a driver operating at the kernel level, providing an interface similar to KVM that enables the utilization of hardware virtualization in user space. HAXM was supported to speed up the Android platform emulator and QEMU. The code is written in C and is distributed under a BSD license.
Originally, the project was created to allow the use of Intel VT technology on Windows and macOS. In Linux, support for Intel VT was initially available in Xen and KVM, and in NetBSD, it was provided in NVMM, so HAXM was later ported to Linux and NetBSD and did not play a significant role on those platforms. After full support for Intel VT was integrated into Microsoft Hyper-V and macOS HVF products, the need for a separate hypervisor was eliminated, and Intel decided to discontinue the project.
The final version of HAXM 7.8 includes support for the INVPCID instruction, added support for the XSAVE extension in CPUID, improved CPUID module implementation, and upgraded the installer. HAXM is confirmed to be compatible with QEMU releases from version 2.9 to 7.2.
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