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Re: [Xen-users] amd-v -- passthrough supported?

To: chris <tknchris@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] amd-v -- passthrough supported?
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:22:09 -0800
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hi

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:59 AM, chris <tknchris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> vt-d is for passthrough to hvm domains, pv should always work afaik with no
> special cpu features...

if that's true, then i'm even more unclear as to why I'm being
referred to the VT-d spec to explain away the issues i'm seeing/having
...

in any case, for my box

reading @

"HVM refactors Xen's full virtualization support into a common layer
and defines an interface to architecture specific components. This
enables a single Xen hypervisor to dynamically detect and support
AMD's SVM or Intel's VT technology while providing a single uniform
management and user interface. "

and

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -i svm
  flags           :  ... svm ...

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