Pantelis Koukousoulas wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Sure, closed-source virtio-net drivers exist (in fact there is a newer
> version than the one
> you linked. I think it is 12/2008 distributed as an iso). The point
> (and the advantage
> of Xen in this area) i
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
>> If a set of drivers essentially implementing the virtio framework
>> (virtio_pci, virtio_ring, virtio queues) were available for
>> windows, that would be *really* neat.
> I haven't tried them myself but I think this will give you virtio-n
> If a set of drivers essentially implementing the virtio framework
> (virtio_pci, virtio_ring, virtio queues) were available for
> windows, that would be *really* neat.
I haven't tried them myself but I think this will give you virtio-net
for Windows:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?g
> - paravirtualized drivers widely available both for Linux and Windows
> (Xen's drivers on windows can be hard and/or expensive to get)
Well, Xen has GPL PV drivers for windows (at least for networking)
which KVM doesn't have. There is a promise
but no date attached to it.
If a set of drivers es
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:49 AM, howard chen wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:40:00PM +0800, howard chen wrote:
>> Yes, paravirtualization is good. If running KVM, use paravirtualized network
>> and disk/block drivers for better perform
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:40:00PM +0800, howard chen wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am comparing Xen and KVM to see which one is suitable for me usage.
>
>
> From the FAQ:
> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ#What_is_the_difference_between_kvm_and_Xen.3F
>
> It said:
>
> >> kvm does not support paravirt
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM, howard chen wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:40:00PM +0800, howard chen wrote:
>> Yes, paravirtualization is good. If running KVM, use paravirtualized network
>> and disk/block drivers for better perfor
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:40:00PM +0800, howard chen wrote:
> Yes, paravirtualization is good. If running KVM, use paravirtualized network
> and disk/block drivers for better performance.
So does it mean generally Xen is more optimized th
Hey,
I am comparing Xen and KVM to see which one is suitable for me usage.
>From the FAQ:
>http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ#What_is_the_difference_between_kvm_and_Xen.3F
It said:
>> kvm does not support paravirtualization for cpu but may support
>> paravirtualization for device drivers to i
