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cobrahost at hotmail

May 7, 2012, 4:32 AM

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netfront vs ioemu

Hello,
Got 2 options netfront or ioemu what one is faster or better to use?

Ian.Campbell at citrix

May 8, 2012, 5:29 AM

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On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 12:32 +0100, CobraHost Support wrote:

> Got 2 options netfront or ioemu what one is faster or better to use?

It best to prefer netfront (AKA PV drivers) if you have frontends
available for your guest OS.

Ian.

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Ian.Campbell at citrix

May 8, 2012, 8:18 AM

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Re: netfront vs ioemu [In reply to]

Please don't drop CCs. Adding the user list back.

On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 11:09 -0400, CobraHost wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Guessing GPLV drivers enable this?

Yes.

> Mostly 2008 R2 guests

I don't know about which Windows' GPLPV drivers support, but I would
assume so.

Ian.

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