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RE: [Xen-devel] HVM initiative

To: "John Que" <qwejohn@xxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] HVM initiative
From: "Petersson, Mats" <mats.petersson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:40:43 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Que
> Sent: 13 January 2006 13:27
> To: Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-devel] HVM initiative
> 
> Hello all,
> I had noticed that there is a mrecurial repository for a 
> unified interface for Vt-x and AMD svm in:
>  http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/xen-unstable-hvm.hg
> 
>  HVM stands for "Hardware virtual machine", and it is an  
> interface that abstracts away from the x86/x86_64 CPU specifics.
> 
>  Is there intention that this will be integrated to the main  
> tree ? there are some differences between svm and vt-x ; some 
> are  in terminology, but some are real ones (like the fact 
> the svm has  tagged TLB and uses ASID while vt-x does not).
> 
>  Does anybody knows more on this HVM initiative and shed some 
> light on it?
> ** John **

A long time ago, this was discussed on the forum (like May/June 2005
sort of time). 

As far as I'm aware, the plan is to merge/integrate the hvm tree into
the main tree at some point, as XenSource has a plan to support both AMD
and Intel processor solutions. When this will happen, and what the
acceptance criteria(s) involved are, I don't know... 

--
Mats


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