Fwd: [Xen-users] about windows PV drivers

["Javier Guerra" <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/28/08, ää <yusunn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What does PV driver standard for . Does it mean I can run windows as a
> paravirt guest ?

no, windows itself is still HVM; but a couple of I/O drivers does know
they're not driving real hardware


> If so , that sounds cool . It seems paravirt's performance is better , right ?

yes it's better, but most of the HVM overhead is doing I/O, so just
optimising the drivers gains a big chunk of the advantage.


--
Javier

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