From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Arlen.D.Wang" Subject: Re: Install paravirtualized drivers after booting forhigh-performance IO Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:37:48 +0800 Message-ID: References: <200505091257.04034.mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk> Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Yes, Thank you . Where is get a reference to the Windows support using Vanderpool Technology ? Who is doing that Windows support using Vanderpool Technology ? If Xen can run unmodified Linux , then Xen can run unmodified Windows also , right ? DengYu Wang "Mark Williamson" 写入消息新闻:200505091257.04034.mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk... > Hi there, > > I expect you've seen a reference to the Windows support using Vanderpool > Technology? > > The current VT implementation provides an emulation of real hardware > devices > (e.g. an NE2000 ethernet card) to the guest OS. This has the advantage > that > you can boot an unmodified OS and it'll recognise the emulated devices and > Just Work. This will allow you to install the OS using its usual > installer > and get things up and running. > > However, you pay a performance price for emulating a device like this. > The > most straightforward way to solve this is to replace the emulated device > drivers with Xen-aware drivers (like the ones used by the Xen-native Linux > port). Once you've installed the OS, you can upgrade to the Xen device > drivers. > > This should give better bandwidth for things like disk and network IO. > > Does that help? > > Cheers, > Mark > >> What is "high-performance IO" ? >> What meaning for "Install paravirtualized drivers after booting for >> high-performance IO"? >> >> Thanks,