[Xen-users] HVM and IO devices

[Roberto Jung Drebes <drebes@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,

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



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