Re: [Xen-devel] VT-x and frontend/backend drivers

To:	Mark Ryden <markryde@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] VT-x and frontend/backend drivers
From:	Kip Macy <kip.macy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:20:42 -0800
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Thus , we don't use paravirtualization and we
can run unmodified guest.
Is there a possibility or any intention of using the
backend-frontend solution of Xen (maybe with some fixes) when using
VT-x processors ? wouldn't it be much better in terms of
performance than using hardware emulation (based on QEMU maybe)?

Yes. PV drivers are a prerequisite for decent performance for fully virtualized guests on xen.

-Kip

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