Using the OS X 10.10 Hypervisor Framework: A Simple DOS Emulator

Re:Using the OS X 10.10 Hypervisor Framework: A Simple DOS E... by veertu on Thursday January 07, 2016 @10:50AM (#10858558)

I hope in the near future Apple will release an API for GPU virtualization. In fact Intel Iris Pro devices already support GVT-d. The problem is that Iris Pro is only used in the expensive Macbook models, the cheaper one come with regular Iris that don't have hardware support for it

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Re:Using the OS X 10.10 Hypervisor Framework: A Simple DOS E... by mrpippy on Thursday January 07, 2016 @02:15PM (#10860015)

Although if GVT-d gives the GPU fully over to the VM, which GPU will OS X itself be using? In the high-end 15" MBP, I suppose OS X could switch to the discrete GPU and let the VM use Iris Pro, but it's not a great solution and would only work on (the fairly small number of) dual-GPU Macs.

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Re:Using the OS X 10.10 Hypervisor Framework: A Simple DOS E... by veertu on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:13PM (#10860399)

Actually gpu virtualization works quite similar to cpu. You don't pass a cpu core exclusively to a VM rather the cpu itself maintains independent contexts: for the host and each VM. When a CPU runs a VM it just switches the context. So is the GPU. You don't need two GPUs to make it work.

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Re:Using the OS X 10.10 Hypervisor Framework: A Simple DOS E... by jbssm on Thursday January 07, 2016 @07:19PM (#10861942)

I believe it doesn't have too, it can work in a way similar to optimus + prime on the Linux using the GPU.

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