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Re: [Xen-devel] terminology of nestedhvm

To: "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] terminology of nestedhvm
From: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:13:38 +0100
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At 10:51 +0100 on 13 Sep (1284375082), Dong, Eddie wrote:
> Currently, the term nestedhvm is vastly used. I am curious: will we
> support nestedPVM in future?  If not, I guess nestedvm, or nvm is
> better. Just 2 cents.

We already do support nesting PV in HVM.  I doubt we'll ever support
PV-in-PV.

I like "nested HVM"; it describes exactly what the feature does.

Tim.

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Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)

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