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Re: [Xen-devel] PV guest + shadow paging

> > A shadow pagetable mode where Xen does the translation between
> > guest-physical and machine-physical addresses for PV guests.  Normally
> > PV guests do that translation themselves, because it's faster, and Xen
> > does it for HVM guests because they can't do it themseves.
>
> It can be useful too for PV guests that don't (want to) support PAE.

Are there any patches to allow this?  I would find it quite useful.  I've had 
the impression that most of the moving parts are already there but there's 
not been sufficient impetus to tie them all together?

Cheers,
Mark

-- 
Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  And no pedals!
Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
Mark: My wheel has a wheel!

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