From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Tramnitz Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 12] PV on HVM Xen Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 12:55:41 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: 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 Hi Stefano, what are the particular advantages of running PVonHVM vs. traditional PV (vs pure HVM)? I'd like to update the wiki with some info about it... Thanks, Christian Am 18.05.2010 12:22, schrieb Stefano Stabellini: > Hi all, > this is the fixed, updated and rebased version of the PV on HVM series: > the series is based on 2.6.34 now and supports Xen PV frontends running > in a HVM domain, including netfront, blkfront and the VIRQ_TIMER. > > The list of bugs fixed in this update includes: xenbus drivers crashes > when xenbus is not properly initialized, a memory corruption bug in > suspend/resume and testing for the xen platform pci version and protocol > has been moved to enlighten.c (before unplugging emulated devices). > > In order to be able to use VIRQ_TIMER and to improve performances you > need a patch to Xen to implement the vector callback mechanism > for event channel delivery. > > A git tree is also available here: > > git://xenbits.xen.org/people/sstabellini/linux-pvhvm.git > > branch name 2.6.34-pvhvm. > > Cheers, > > Stefano