[Xen-users] HVM and IO devices

["Roberto Jung Drebes" <drebes.lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

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,

-- 
Roberto Jung Drebes - Tokyo, Japan
<drebes@xxxxxxxxx>
http://dorebesu.blogspot.com/

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