RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] Time for hybrid virtualization?

["Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@xxxxxxxxx>]

tgingold@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Quoting "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Not sure if anybody ever tried to run Xen/IA64 VMM in Xen/IA64 HVM
>> guest? It may not be already there, but looks like not that far.
> 
> I tried in the past, but it doesn't work out of the box.  You of
> course can't run bare Xen within VTi, but a modified version can run. 

Why?  The goal of hardware virtualization is to provide architecture
equavalent virtualization. We may see the gap.

> 
>> It may be used to solve the compatability issues if we move root VMM
>> to new VT-i dom0 based solution.
> 
> But performances are not good.

Yes, we need to see the gap too, but I think the additional degradation
won't
be big.

Eddie


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