Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] merge some xen bits into qemu

[Gerd Hoffmann]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> I think it's more closely related to Xenite and Xenner.  Gerd: are you
> planning on folding in domain creation?  Right now it appears to be a
> helper launched after the domain creation.

Not sure yet.  Given that xen upstream most likely wouldn't follow a
xenite-like model I'm not sure how useful it would be.  Shouldn't be
that much extra code though, and as long as it is an opt-in upstream xen
should be happy too ...

> It
> seems like it could be used as almost a drop-in replacement for qemu-dm
> for PV guests.

Yes, that is the intention.

> HVM guests would require more work.

Yes.  Not addressed (yet).  hvm is more code, more invasive and I also
hope that Glauber Costa's work on a cpu abstraction layer (for
emulation/kqemu/kvm) makes it easier to add xen hvm to the picture.

cheers,
  Gerd

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