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Re: [Xen-devel] Porting Xen

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Porting Xen
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:13:59 +0000
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> On Wednesday 22 December 2004 12:01 am, Ian Pratt wrote:
> > > once it has full hardware support, it won't be  
> > > paravirtualization anymore, will be?
> > 
> > Using the new hardware support Xen will have the capability to run
> > unmodified guests, but where possible you'll still want to use
> > paravirtualized guests as they'll offer better performance and benefit
> > from being aware of the virtualized environment. 
> > 
> > Ian
> 
> Will Xen itself be virtualizable (ie run under Xen) with the VT technolgy?

Non-VT Xen will run under VT Xen. Whether VT Xen will run under VT Xen
(allowing arbitrary recursive virtualisation) will depend on whether
VT itself supports this recursion.

 -- Keir


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