From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: FW: HXEN on linux Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 12:12:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20110906161258.GA5264@dumpdata.com> References: <90F0F47595235141A4380FCF01B0185B20BC426222@CHN-HCLT-EVS07.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN> <20110809195159.GA7834@dumpdata.com> <90F0F47595235141A4380FCF01B0185B20BC513BCB@CHN-HCLT-EVS07.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN> <90F0F47595235141A4380FCF01B0185B20BC585A8A@CHN-HCLT-EVS07.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN> <90F0F47595235141A4380FCF01B0185B20BC608BBC@CHN-HCLT-EVS07.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN> <20110901134638.GB23971@dumpdata.com> <90F0F47595235141A4380FCF01B0185B2240FEA5E3@CHN-HCLT-EVS07.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <90F0F47595235141A4380FCF01B0185B2240FEA5E3@CHN-HCLT-EVS07.HCLT.CORP.HCL.IN> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "Deepak Kr. Sharma - ERS, HCL Tech" Cc: "todd.deshane.xen@gmail.com" , "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , Lars Kurth , Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 12:43:19PM +0530, Deepak Kr. Sharma - ERS, HCL Tech wrote: > Hello Konrad, > > We want to build expertise in virtualization domain and contribute to open source community. > > We have used Xen as type-1 hypervisor and the performance is unprecedented. We see good potential in HXen as a type-2 hypervisor and some good solutions can be built around it on linux based platforms. "good solutions" .. such as? I am just trying to wrap my mind around why you would do this extra work instead of doing it in the Xen hypervisor and expanding what it can do?