Re: [Xen-devel] Hypercalls in Intel-VT

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> that means dom0 doesn't make trap to ring 0 root VMX mode for privileged
> operations like updating cr3?

Dom0 always runs paravirtualised, it can't be an HVM domain.  So it just uses 
the normal paravirtualised interface, regardless of whether VMX is available 
in the hardware.

Cheers,
Mark

> On 10/26/07, Dong, Eddie <eddie.dong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  DOm0 works in ring 1 root VMX mode. Anyway can switch from ring 1 to
> > ring 0 can be used for accessing privileged resource such as INT xx, or
> > thru exception like I/O.
> >
> > But HVM works in non root VMX mode though ring=0, so you need to switch
> > from non root VMX mode to root VMX mode to access privileged resource. VM
> > Exit is the only way to do this.
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> > xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Ashish Bijlani
> > *Sent:* 2007å10æ26æ 9:14
> > *To:* xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Subject:* Re: [Xen-devel] Hypercalls in Intel-VT
> >
> > how does dom0 on intel-vt gets privileges to access the hardware devices?
> > i mean does it get these privileges through superpages?
> >
> > On 10/25/07, Cui, Dexuan <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >
> > > On Behalf Of Ashish Bijlani
> > >
> > > > Sent: 2007å10æ26æ 8:20
> > > > To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Hypercalls in Intel-VT
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > could there be a way to make a transition into xen without a vmexit
> > >
> > > upon executing an iret inside a guest os krnl?
> > > I think we are talking about VMX guest -- the answer it NO...  For an
> > > VMX guest to return to Xen, a VMexit is a must. You can refert to Intel
> > > Software Developer Manual 3B for details.
> > >
> > > -- Dexuan



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