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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization interfac

To: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/24] VMI i386 Linux virtualization interface proposal
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:26:37 +0100
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>   The interface we propose we 
> believe is more powerful, and more conducive to performance 
> optimizations while providing significant advantages - most 
> specifically, a single binary image that is properly virtualizable on 
> multiple hypervisors and capable of running on native hardware.

that is mostly an advantage in the binary would though.. less so in the
open source world.



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