XEN vs XENHVM?

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 06:28:14PM -0800, Colin Percival wrote:

> The XEN option is for *paravirtualized* Xen -- aka. the original version,
> before Intel and AMD added virtualization support into their CPUs. HVM uses
> "hardware virtualization", but we also use PV drivers where available.

Oh, hm. So, there was never any reason for me to be running XEN (vs XENHVM)
on this hardware in the first place! Heh. I'll switch over my existing system
and try GENERIC on a new box I'm spinning up this weekend.

Thank you.

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