Omar Khan wrote: > hi, > > I have a couple of kvm/kernel newbie questions: > > 1. What is the sequence of events for a paravirtualization hypercall? I > understand how VMX architecture works, but how does the paravirt fit in? When > we > make a paravirt sys call we avoid a VMexit, but which address space does the > call go to? >
The hypercall sequence does not avoid a vmexit. The guest issues a vmcall instruction, which is trapped and processed by the host. > 2. Is the paravirtualization code included in the 2.6.20 kernel (if so > where > is it) or do we still need to apply the patch for it? > > > The paravirt code is not present in 2.6.20. You can download it using the instructions in http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Code. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
