Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Virtual disk configuration, PV vs. emulated, backward compatibility etc

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>]

 On 07/28/2010 09:05 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> For Linux HVM guests using PV-on-HVM drivers, users are recommended to
> supply as few hd* devices as possible and use pure xvd* devices for
> the rest.  Modern PV-on-HVM drivers will map the hd* devices to
> /dev/xvdHDa etc.
I think we've decided to make blkfront register pv versions of emulated 
devices as hdX/sdX rather than using xvdHD.  We don't do this in pv domains.
    J

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