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Can Multikernel Linux Run on Google Compute Engine?

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The idea behind Multikernel Linux is unusual: one physical machine can run several independent Linux kernels at the same time, without placing a conventional hypervisor between those kernels and the hardware. A primary kernel owns the machine’s resources, moves selected CPUs, memory, and devices into a pool, and starts child kernels from that pool.