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Re: [Xen-users] Intel shipping hardware VM CPU's already... morecomingDe

To: Daniel Goertzen <daniel.goertzen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Intel shipping hardware VM CPU's already... morecomingDecember 27 2005 65nm
From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:34:48 -0600
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Daniel Goertzen wrote:

Yes, servers are the primary focus for xen, but it is very interesting for
the home enthusiast too.  For example, you could build an ultra quiet
diskless Windows system using a linux dom0 that provides a network block
device to a Windows domU.  BTW, I don't see anything extra that a
desktop/gaming machine would need out of xen that isn't needed for server
use.  All the things I listed were already in roadmaps and xen
presentations.
3d acceleration virtualization.

The emulated VGA device provides no acceleration virtualization at all so games are going to run terribly slowly. Jacob Hansen has been doing some cool gl 3d paravirtualization but that wouldn't help for running games in Windows.

FWIW, the latest versions of VMware provide 3d acceleration virtualization for Windows guests (even under a Linux host).

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

Cheers,
Dan.


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