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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Robert N. M. Watson 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This software was developed by SRI International and the University of 5.\" Cambridge Computer Laboratory under DARPA/AFRL contract FA8750-10-C-0237 6.\" ("CTSRD"), as part of the DARPA CRASH research program. 7.\" 8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 21.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 22.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 23.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 24.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 25.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 26.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 27.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" | 1.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Robert N. M. Watson 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This software was developed by SRI International and the University of 5.\" Cambridge Computer Laboratory under DARPA/AFRL contract FA8750-10-C-0237 6.\" ("CTSRD"), as part of the DARPA CRASH research program. 7.\" 8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 21.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 22.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 23.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 24.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 25.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 26.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 27.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" |
| 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/xen.4 233648 2012-03-29 05:02:12Z eadler $ | 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/xen.4 267938 2014-06-26 21:46:14Z bapt $ |
| 30.\" 31.Dd December 17, 2010 32.Dt XEN 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm xen 36.Nd Xen Hypervisor Guest (DomU) Support 37.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 116 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 154Support for 155.Nm 156first appeared in 157.Fx 8.1 . 158.Sh AUTHORS 159.An -nosplit 160.Fx 161support for Xen was first added by | 30.\" 31.Dd December 17, 2010 32.Dt XEN 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm xen 36.Nd Xen Hypervisor Guest (DomU) Support 37.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 116 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 154Support for 155.Nm 156first appeared in 157.Fx 8.1 . 158.Sh AUTHORS 159.An -nosplit 160.Fx 161support for Xen was first added by |
| 162.An Kip Macy Aq kmacy@FreeBSD.org | 162.An Kip Macy Aq Mt kmacy@FreeBSD.org |
| 163and | 163and |
| 164.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org . | 164.An Doug Rabson Aq Mt dfr@FreeBSD.org . |
| 165Further refinements were made by | 165Further refinements were made by |
| 166.An Justin Gibbs Aq gibbs@FreeBSD.org , 167.An Adrian Chadd Aq adrian@FreeBSD.org , | 166.An Justin Gibbs Aq Mt gibbs@FreeBSD.org , 167.An Adrian Chadd Aq Mt adrian@FreeBSD.org , |
| 168and | 168and |
| 169.An Colin Percival Aq cperciva@FreeBSD.org . | 169.An Colin Percival Aq Mt cperciva@FreeBSD.org . |
| 170This manual page was written by | 170This manual page was written by |
| 171.An Robert Watson Aq rwatson@FreeBSD.org . | 171.An Robert Watson Aq Mt rwatson@FreeBSD.org . |
| 172.Sh BUGS 173.Fx 174is only able to run as a Xen guest (DomU) and not as a Xen host (Dom0). 175.Pp 176A fully para-virtualized (PV) kernel is only supported on i386, and not 177amd64. 178.Pp 179Para-virtualized drivers under hardware-assisted virtualization (HVM) kernel 180are only supported on amd64, not i386. 181.Pp 182As of this release, Xen PV DomU support is not heavily tested; instability 183has been reported during VM migration of PV kernels. 184.Pp 185Certain PV driver features, such as the balloon driver, are under-exercised. | 172.Sh BUGS 173.Fx 174is only able to run as a Xen guest (DomU) and not as a Xen host (Dom0). 175.Pp 176A fully para-virtualized (PV) kernel is only supported on i386, and not 177amd64. 178.Pp 179Para-virtualized drivers under hardware-assisted virtualization (HVM) kernel 180are only supported on amd64, not i386. 181.Pp 182As of this release, Xen PV DomU support is not heavily tested; instability 183has been reported during VM migration of PV kernels. 184.Pp 185Certain PV driver features, such as the balloon driver, are under-exercised. |