On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 13:09 -0700, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: "C.J. Adams-Collier" <cjac@colliertech.org> > Owner: "C.J. Adams-Collier" <cjac@colliertech.org> > > > * Package name : xen-unmodified-drivers > Version : 3.4.3 > Upstream Author : Xen developers <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com> > * URL : http://www.xen.org/ > * License : GPL > Programming Lang: C > Description : Kernel drivers for paravirt-on-hvm devices > > Drivers for installation on HVM guests which provide access to the PV > devices, including netfront, blkfront and scsifront This would be very cool but: As far as I know the existing unmodified drivers (sometimes called PVonHVM drivers) do not work with the paravirt_ops kernel which will be in Squeeze. However, there is someone upstream who is working on making the PVonHVM functionality available directly in the upstream kernel.org tree so that, eventually, a separate set of additional drivers will not be required. Ian. -- Ian Campbell A feature is nothing more than a bug with seniority. -- Unknown source
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