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| author | Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> | 2011-11-29 14:19:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> | 2011-11-29 14:19:59 +0000 |
| commit | e1a37a5f6fd1ae881d87317ed2e34c2e4360d454 (patch) | |
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docs: improve documantion of xl's viridian option
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson.citrix.com>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson.citrix.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 index 33a3256c22..9d90290cc1 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5 @@ -555,7 +555,13 @@ Windows L<http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XenWindowsGplPv>. Turns on or off the exposure of MicroSoft Hyper-V (AKA viridian) compatible enlightenments to the guest. These can improve performance -of Microsoft Windows guests (XXX which versions of Windows benefit?) +of Microsoft Windows guests from Windows Vista and Windows 2008 +onwards and setting this option for such guests is strongly +recommended. This option should be harmless for other versions of +Windows (although it won't give any benefit) and the majority of other +non-Windows OSes. However it is known to be incompatible with some +other Operating Systems and in some circumstance can prevent Xen's own +paravirtualisation interfaces for HVM guests from being used. =back |