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Alexander Graf wrote:
> 1) Migration path. If you could already use KVM on a Xen host, you could
> have Xen PV guests and KVM guests in parallel, easing migration to KVM
> for customers.
I still plan to make xenner handle that use case.
You can also run xen inside kvm via nested svm.
> 2) Alternative to HVM. That's how this came up from Gerd's mail. We do
> have KVM support in upstream qemu, but we don't have Xen HVM support.
> That way you could use the same binary for all your needs. Admittedly,
> it might make more sense to just implement HVM support :-).
HVM is more difficuilt. Xen considers the tools <-> hypervisor
interface private, i.e. it is a moving target. For PV this isn't a big
issue as there is little reason to actually change something. HVM
usually has quite a few changes from release to release though, due to
emulation changes/improvements and other reasons.
cheers,
Gerd
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