James, Sorry if I missed it earlier, but on version 0.9.2 you mentioned a bug that would essentially lock up the dom0 system for 5 or so minutes if a Windows bug check occurred on a system running the GPL PV drivers.
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- Drivers Xen Gpl Pv Driver Developers Scsi & Raid Devices List
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- Download Xen GPL PV Driver Developers Xen Block Device Driver other device drivers or install DriverPack Solution software for driver update.
- Xen Project: Windows PV Drivers 1. Xen Project Windows PV Drivers Paul Durrant Project Lead 2. Agenda. Background. Origin of the drivers. Legacy, Standard and XenProject drivers. Driver interfaces. Discovery. Compatibility. Building and Installing drivers. Tools 3.
Looks like Microsoft releases the Linux drivers to enable a Linux kernel running as a guest in a Hyper-V hypervisor to run in ‘enlightened mode', which sounds pretty much like Xen‘s PV drivers for Windows, providing better IO performance, under the GPLv2 (which is the same open-source license as the Linux kernel itself). Quoting the Hyper-V Architecture and Feature Overview:
Enlightened I/O is a specialized virtualization-aware implementation of high level communication protocols (such as SCSI) that utilize the VMBus directly, bypassing any device emulation layer. This makes the communication more efficient but requires an enlightened guest that is hypervisor and VMBus aware.
The drivers seem to be developed by Novell, so I guess the Boycott Novell guys will have some more coverage^Wrants soon (Update: can't find the reference on this anymore, so this might be a false statement, sorry. Thanks for pointing out RubenV)
Drivers Xen Gpl Pv Driver Developers Scsi & Raid Devices Usb
Interesting times on the virtualization front… Although I for one do not plan to replace Xen, xVM or VirtualBox anytime soon.
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Drivers Xen Gpl Pv Driver Developers Scsi & Raid Devices List
Sources:
Drivers Xen Gpl Pv Driver Developers Scsi & Raid Devices List
Drivers Xen Gpl Pv Driver Developers Scsi & Raid Devices For Sale
On a side note: Red Hat entered the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which might show Linux is gaining more interest from enterprises and investors.
