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Re: [Xen-devel] Questioning the Xen Design of the VMM
| To: | Al Boldi <a1426z@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] Questioning the Xen Design of the VMM |
| From: | Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:10:11 +0100 |
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On 7/8/06 4:01 pm, "Al Boldi" <a1426z@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Xen project caught my attention on LKML discussing hypervisors, so I took > a look at Xen and read the README, where it says: > > This install tree contains source for a Linux 2.6 guest > > This immediately turned me off, as I hoped Xen would be a bit more > transparent, by simply exposing native hw tunneled thru some multiplexed Xen > patched host-kernel driver. > > I maybe missing something, but why should the Xen-design require the guest to > be patched? You can run fully-virtualised guests on VT-x and AMDV hardware these days. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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