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[Xen-users] HVM and IO devices

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Subject: [Xen-users] HVM and IO devices
From: Roberto Jung Drebes <drebes@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:41:26 +0900
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Hello there,

I need to make some experiments using Xen and HVM. My question is regarding IO devices. I know that Xen supports unmodified guest OSs when running in HVM mode, but does it include unmodified device drivers? What kind of hardware can be transparently used by the guest OS?

My experiments will probably run with a single domU in adition to dom0, so providing exclusive access to a device in domU wouldn't be a problem.

Also, will the introduction of IOMMU support in CPUs change anything about this scenario? And if so, when are CPUs expected to begin shipping with IOMMU support (I see announces from both Intel and AMD but not any concrete information).

Thanks in advance,

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Roberto Jung Drebes - Tokyo, Japan
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