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On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 03:34:09AM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
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> I'm not following Xen as close as I'd like to, and as such your posting=
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> raised two questions for me that I was able to google. Maybe you can=20
> confirm my understanding:
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> 1) HVM =3D Hardware Virtual Machine, a Common Interface for VT-x/VT-i and
>          AMD SVM CPUs[1]
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> 2) Qemu-dm =3D Qemu[2] Device Model - a modified(?) Qemu that's used to
>              emulate instruction sets for real-mode support[3] - I guess
>              to run Xen inside Xen

Mostly, I think, to run BIOS code for native operating systems inside
Xen HVM domains.  And/or to provide the emulated devices (like VGA
cards) that the BIOS and native code will poke at.

--
Dan.

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