Subject: Re: progress on xen3 HVM support
To: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: port-xen
Date: 10/16/2006 03:40:03
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Daniel Carosone wrote:
>> 2) Qemu-dm = 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.

Ah - in that context the comment from Manuel about booting a Linux-CD 
(that was probably not prepared for Xen) makes sense.


  - Hubert