doc: updated What is ACRN introduction

* Update and simplify our What is ACRN document.
* Removed SDC disussion and out-of-date best known configuration
  descriptions and scenario block diagrams
* Removed I/O Mediator discussion from "What is ACRN" and move
  referenced label to content in the HLD overview (that was duplicated in
  "What is ACRN")
* Updated images for scenarios and removed obsolete images
* Add references to new overview docs and GSG
* Add general description of VMs in example scenarios

Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
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@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ ACRN adopts various approaches for emulating devices for the User VM:
resources (mostly data-plane related) are passed-through to the User VMs and
others (mostly control-plane related) are emulated.
.. _ACRN-io-mediator:
I/O Emulation
-------------
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ I/O read from the User VM.
I/O (PIO/MMIO) Emulation Path
:numref:`overview-io-emu-path` shows an example I/O emulation flow path.
When a guest executes an I/O instruction (port I/O or MMIO), a VM exit
happens. The HV takes control and executes the request based on the VM exit
reason ``VMX_EXIT_REASON_IO_INSTRUCTION`` for port I/O access, for
@@ -224,8 +228,9 @@ HSM/hypercall. The HV then stores the result to the guest register
context, advances the guest IP to indicate the completion of instruction
execution, and resumes the guest.
MMIO access path is similar except for a VM exit reason of *EPT
violation*.
MMIO access path is similar except for a VM exit reason of *EPT violation*.
MMIO access is usually trapped through a ``VMX_EXIT_REASON_EPT_VIOLATION`` in
the hypervisor.
DMA Emulation
-------------