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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [XCP] new version available

To: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [XCP] new version available
From: Markus Schuster <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:30:40 +0100
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On Tuesday 19 January 2010 18:57:11 Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:54:08PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 03:36:16PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote:
> > > Dave Scott wrote:
> > > > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed
> > >
> > > Scott, one question: Can the Windows PV drivers be used with "normal"
> > > XEN or is some additional infrastructure from XCP necessary?
> >
> > Yes they can, with some patches to Xen:
> > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.html
> > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-12/msg00593.html
> 
> These patches are already in xen-3.4-testing.hg and in xen-unstable.hg, so
>  they'll be in Xen 3.4.3 and 4.0.0 releases.

That's cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of stability, 
speed, features and so on?
It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs?

Regards,
Markus

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