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Re: [Xen-users] Direct Hardware Support using Xen and Windows Guest?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Direct Hardware Support using Xen and Windows Guest?
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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:53:31 -0800 (PST)
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jim burns wrote:
> 
> I'm afraid you're a little ahead of the curve.. . .<br>


> Support for passthrough for HVM is brand new and still being worked out in
> xen 3.2.x. Additionally (I believe) it requires Vt-d support to remap dma
> requests. Your processor may support intel vmx/Amd svm to get full
> virtuallization to work, but Vt-d is brand new. Even if you do have that
> hardware, better get your hacking shoes on!
> 

This is exactly the information I was looking for. Based on your response I
guess that my answer would be "not yet" so to speak. I will hold off on
trying this just yet, but I will watch Xen closely and wait with baited
breath for the day this might become possible. I have my doubts if it will
come to fruition though. Now that Cirtix is involved, my goal is quite a way
off from the Citrix push. Their website seems very geared towards server
consolidation and thin client services; as would be expected, that is were
the money is going to be.

I don't know how much the open source end of things are steered by the
commercial side, but the situation I describe really would be the Holy
Grail. I see it as a way to prove this platform for VM as the undisputed
champion, and a way to rise above VMWare. If that were to happen the
commercial values would certainly follow.

I will stay registered to the list for a while, as I imagine that I can
learn quite a lot here - even if I am not ready to jump into the product
quite yet.

Thank you Jim. As stated earlier I will report this back to the other forum.
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