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AW: [Xen-users] PV- Drivers for Windows (XP, 2003 Server)

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Subject: AW: [Xen-users] PV- Drivers for Windows (XP, 2003 Server)
From: Feichtinger Günter <Feichtinger.Guenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:53:20 +0100
Cc: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> > Hello James,
> > thanks for your answer.
> > As I read in the Web, you are developing these driver, aren't you?
> > 
> > I also read about PV-Driver from RHEL5.1, Suse and XenSource.
> > Isn't it possible to use these driver for OpenSource Xen 
> (e.g. CentOS)?
> 
> There are PV drivers for Linux included in the Xen source 
> tree, in theory you just compile them against the kernel you 
> are running.

so, what is the cause you are developing the drivers on your own?

It's also hard to belive that on the whole world nobody uses pv-drivers with 
OpenSource- Xen. I hope, someone will answer.
Thanks.

> 
> XenSource provides PV drivers for Windows, but they appear to 
> only work when running the XenSource non-free version of Xen, 
> and the legal status of using them outside that environment 
> is undefined (probably only because I haven't bothered 
> reading the EULA :).
> 
> James
> 

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