From: Keir Fraser <keir.xen@gmail.com>
To: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com>
Cc: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
"Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: HYBRID: PV in HVM container
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:39:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA2FDE78.1D2B8%keir.xen@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110628113205.1a3c5988@mantra.us.oracle.com>
On 28/06/2011 19:32, "Mukesh Rathor" <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com> wrote:
>> Well, maybe. But we now have HVM guests, PV guests, and PV-HVM
>> guests. I'm not sure that adding explicitly HVM-PV guests as well
>> isn't just a bloody mess.
>
> Could we perhaps define a HYBRID type that will have characteristics
> like, this runs in HVM container, it doesn't use EPT, it uses HVM
> callback, etc.. We can they modify it without defining any new types in
> future, say we find it works better with EPT under certain
> circumstances etc.. What do you think?
Yes, I don't mind the idea of some HVM extensions for performance, and that
will probably become increasingly important. I just think we should support
unmodified PV as a baseline, with best performance possible (i.e., the basic
HVM container approach should support it).
-- Keir
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-28 18:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-27 19:24 HYBRID: PV in HVM container Mukesh Rathor
2011-06-27 19:36 ` Keir Fraser
2011-06-28 1:51 ` Mukesh Rathor
2011-06-28 7:46 ` Keir Fraser
2011-06-28 8:30 ` Ian Campbell
2011-06-28 8:35 ` Keir Fraser
2011-06-28 8:49 ` Ian Campbell
2011-06-28 10:46 ` Stefano Stabellini
2011-06-28 10:50 ` Ian Campbell
2011-06-28 18:32 ` Mukesh Rathor
2011-06-28 18:39 ` Keir Fraser [this message]
2011-06-28 8:31 ` Ian Campbell
2011-06-28 17:56 ` Mukesh Rathor
2011-07-01 1:54 ` Mukesh Rathor
2011-07-09 1:53 ` Mukesh Rathor
2011-07-09 7:35 ` Keir Fraser
2011-07-28 1:58 ` Mukesh Rathor
2011-07-28 11:34 ` Stefano Stabellini
2011-07-29 15:48 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2011-07-29 16:41 ` Stefano Stabellini
2011-07-29 17:28 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2011-07-29 18:00 ` Stefano Stabellini
2011-07-29 18:00 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2011-07-29 18:16 ` Stefano Stabellini
2011-08-09 8:54 ` Ian Campbell
2011-08-17 19:27 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-07-29 15:43 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2011-11-17 23:38 ` Mukesh Rathor
2011-11-18 12:21 ` Stefano Stabellini
2011-11-19 0:17 ` Mukesh Rathor
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