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Re: [Xen-users] PV- Drivers for Windows (XP, 2003 Server)


  • To: "Feichtinger Günter" <Feichtinger.Guenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "David Stone" <unclestoner@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:10:31 -0500
  • Cc: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > > I also read about PV-Driver from RHEL5.1, Suse and XenSource.
> > > Isn't it possible to use these driver for OpenSource Xen
> > (e.g. CentOS)?
> >
> > There are PV drivers for Linux included in the Xen source
> > tree, in theory you just compile them against the kernel you
> > are running.
>
> so, what is the cause you are developing the drivers on your own?
>
> It's also hard to belive that on the whole world nobody uses pv-drivers with 
> OpenSource- Xen. I hope, someone will answer.

I don't think any of the Linux distros include PV drivers for a
_windows_ guest OS.  The PV drivers for a Linux guest OS are included
in part of the open-source Xen codebase, and so are natrually part of
the Linux distros' branches of xenified Linux.  There are also PV
drivers for HVM linux in the open-source Xen codebase.

I guess it's pretty much true that nobody uses _windows_ PV drivers
with OpenSource Xen, at least until recently when they have started to
be developed by folks like James :)

Dave

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