From 8c5206f984ba082056a041297ab2d9e0b6bfc11c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: _xeroxz Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 02:21:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4b4be43..743ad2f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ # Bluepill Bluepill is an Intel type-2 research hypervisor. This project is purely for educational purposes and is designed to run on Windows 10 systems. -This project uses WDK and thus Windows Kernel functions to facilitate vmxlaunch. +This project uses WDK and thus Windows Kernel functions to facilitate vmxlaunch. + +### Why Write A Hypervisor? + +Why write a hypervisor? "To learn" is the typical response, but to learn what? To learn VMX instructions? To learn how to write a windows kernel driver? To learn how to use windbg? Although all of the prior reasons to write a hypervisor are important, learning how to read highly technical documents and extract what you need from the reading material is much more valuable than all of the other stuff one might learn while writing a hypervisor. This is best summed up as the old saying goes: + +“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” + ### VMCS