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Re: [Xen-users] Difference between Paravirtualization and Fullvirtualiza

To: hari krishna <hari_k_24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Difference between Paravirtualization and Fullvirtualization
From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 13:48:56 +0100
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On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 01:45:33PM +0100, hari krishna wrote:
> Hi,
>    
>    Could anyone please tell the exact differences between paravirtualization 
> and Fullvirtualization.

There's no clear cut answer between many fullvirt systems have aspects which
are paravirt, and vica-verca :-) There are plenty of websites describing 
this stuff though  - two good starting points are:

http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/TechOverview
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linuxvirt/?ca=dgr-lnxw01Virtual-Linux

Regards,
Dan.
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