Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Xen: Hybrid extension patchset for hypervisor

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>]

On 09/18/09 17:17, Nakajima, Jun wrote:
> Even if we start from PV kernels, I think what we should do is to implement 
> ability (as "incremental changes") for PV guests to stop using PV MMU (and PV 
> CPU) at boot time depending on the H/W features available rather than to keep 
> using the same ABI, because we may not need them in the near future. Then, 
> such PV kernels would be at par or faster/more efficient than pure HVM guests 
> on machines with HAP enabled because of the other PV features. 
>   

Sure, that's no problem.  So long as the current ABI keeps working, we
can easily switch to something else more appropriate where possible.

    J

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