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Re: [Xen-users] Difference between HVM and VTI

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Date:	Tue, 6 Jun 2006 9:14:00 +0200
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Hi,

there are two examples in /etc/xen, xmexample.hvm and xmexample.vti. Am i right
that there is no difference between these twos, i mean, can i use the same
config file for a HVM Domain that i use for a VTI Domain and vice versa?

Greetings,
-timo

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:54:21 +0100, Mark Williamson 
<mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> can anybody tell me the difference or point me to sime doku?
> 
> HVM is an abstraction layer for both Intel's VT-x and AMD's SVM, so that
> common parts can be shared.
> 
> VT-I is Intel's virtualization support for Itanium.  HVM was developed for
> x86
> virtualization, because there's two implementations there that need to
> share
> code.  There may be some scope for sharing between HVM and VT-i but
> there's
> less in common because they're aimed at different platforms.
> 
> HTH,
> Mark
> 
> 
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