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Re: [Xen-devel] dom0 is HVM or PV, in the HVM intel-vt?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] dom0 is HVM or PV, in the HVM intel-vt?
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:01:05 +0000
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dom0 is required to be PV, not HVM at the moment.  Maybe one day this'll 
change but not for the foreseeable future, I think.

As a result, dom0 enters the VMM using int 0x82, just like other PV guests.

Cheers,
Mark

On Monday 03 December 2007, tgh wrote:
> hi
>   In the hvm mode, dom0  is HVM or PV? does dom0 entry into the VMM by
> using "VMexit /VMentry" instruction in intel-VT ,or not?
>
> thanks
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