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RE: [Xen-users] Network card full virtualized windows

To: ignazio.cassano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Network card full virtualized windows
From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> ignazio.cassano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 17 November 2006 07:22
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Network card full virtualized windows
> 
> Good morning,
> I installed on xen a windows XP and a Windows 2003 domU.
> Windows operating system does not know the real network card 
> but it setup up
> an AMD pcnet card 10mbps.
> Is it possible to setup a full virtualized domU with a real 
> network card ?

Yes, that's what I'd expect (although you can choose one of three
different network card types [at least in the latest version(s)]. 

It is currently not possible to connect a real network card to a HVM
domain, as that requires address translation from the guest to the
machine memory addresses. If you look for a recent post by me in the
Xen-devel mailing list, you'll see what I mean. 

Note that the 10Mbps is irrelevant, as this is a FAKE network card
supplied by the device model that the virtual machine uses to "simulate"
the hardware inside the virtual machine.

> 
> 
> I installed also windows on a trial xen enterprise and real network 
> card seeems to work fine.

That's news to me, as I think Xen enterprise actually uses the same
Xen-kernel as the open source version, but has other add-ons. 
> 
> What differences between xen and xen entrprise as far as network card 
> is concerned ?

I wouldn't know that - there is a mailing list for Xen enterprise. 

--
Mats
> 
> 
> Thanks Igna
> 
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