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Re: [Xen-devel] difference between xen hypervisor and common kernel on h

To: Lin-bao Zhang <zhang.linbao@xxxxxxxxx>, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] difference between xen hypervisor and common kernel on handling BIOS's e820 map ?
From: Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:54:58 +0100
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On 31/08/2011 08:44, "Lin-bao Zhang" <zhang.linbao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> now xen-hypervisor has been executed ,we can destroy any parts of grub and
> BIOS. 
> so I think ,xen-hypervisor can arbitrarily any parts below 0x10000 (64K). 

We keep our lives simple and do not dynamically allocate any memory below
1MB.

 -- Keir



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