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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support.
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Gerd Hoffmann |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support. |
Date: |
Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:10:50 +0200 |
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Alexander Graf wrote:
> 1) Migration path. If you could already use KVM on a Xen host, you could
> have Xen PV guests and KVM guests in parallel, easing migration to KVM
> for customers.
I still plan to make xenner handle that use case.
You can also run xen inside kvm via nested svm.
> 2) Alternative to HVM. That's how this came up from Gerd's mail. We do
> have KVM support in upstream qemu, but we don't have Xen HVM support.
> That way you could use the same binary for all your needs. Admittedly,
> it might make more sense to just implement HVM support :-).
HVM is more difficuilt. Xen considers the tools <-> hypervisor
interface private, i.e. it is a moving target. For PV this isn't a big
issue as there is little reason to actually change something. HVM
usually has quite a few changes from release to release though, due to
emulation changes/improvements and other reasons.
cheers,
Gerd
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Laurent Vivier, 2009/04/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Alexander Graf, 2009/04/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Avi Kivity, 2009/04/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Alexander Graf, 2009/04/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Avi Kivity, 2009/04/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Alexander Graf, 2009/04/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Avi Kivity, 2009/04/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/06
- Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Stefano Stabellini, 2009/04/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support.,
Gerd Hoffmann <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/06
- Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Jeremy Fitzhardinge, 2009/04/08
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/10] xen: add console backend driver., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] xen: groundwork for xen support, Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/10] xen: add net backend driver., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/10] xen: add framebuffer backend driver, Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/10] simplify vga selection, Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/10] xen: add block device backend driver., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/10] xen: pv domain builder., Gerd Hoffmann, 2009/04/07