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Trying to dig through the marketing talk.....Trying to dig through the marketing talk.....Posted Feb 14, 2007 22:04 UTC (Wed) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203)Parent article: Intel, Novell deliver virtual Windows drivers to Linux (Linux-Watch)
Ok, first I was wondering why a paravirtualized Windows Server needs the hardware virtualization enabled processors. Then I noticed how they were careful to only say they are working on paravirtualized network and block device drivers. Looks like they have decided to just pick the low hanging fruit and let the hardware virtualize the video, mouse, etc and paravirt the performance critical disc and net.
Looks like a big step forward at any rate, especially if they release these drivers as open source so it could be ported to support other paravirtualizion systems, etc.
And of course it had better work with both Intel and AMD's hardware virtualization. But I won't frag em too hard for 'forgetting' to mention their arch enemy in their press release.
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