Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Virtual Architecture
  • 2.1 CPU state
  • 2.2 Exceptions
  • 2.3 Interrupts and events
  • 2.4 Time
  • 2.5 Privileged operations
  
  
• 3. Memory
  • 3.1 Memory Allocation
  • 3.2 Pseudo-Physical Memory
  • 3.3 Page Table Updates
  • 3.4 Writable Page Tables
  • 3.5 Shadow Page Tables
  • 3.6 Segment Descriptor Tables
  • 3.7 Start of Day
  • 3.8 VM assists
  
  
• 4. Xen Info Pages
  • 4.1 Shared info page
  • 4.2 Start info page
  
  
• 5. Event Channels
  • 5.1 Hypercall interface
  
  
• 6. Grant tables
  • 6.1 Interface
  
  
• 7. Xenstore
  • 7.1 Guidelines
  • 7.2 Store layout
  
  
• 8. Devices
  • 8.1 Network I/O
  • 8.2 Block I/O
  
  
• 9. Further Information
  • 9.1 Other documentation
  • 9.2 Online references
  • 9.3 Mailing lists
  
  
• A. Xen Hypercalls
  • A.1 Invoking Hypercalls
  • A.2 Virtual CPU Setup
  • A.3 Scheduling and Timer
  • A.4 Page Table Management
  • A.5 Segmentation Support
  • A.6 Context Switching
  • A.7 Physical Memory Management
  • A.8 Inter-Domain Communication
  • A.9 IO Configuration
  • A.10 Administrative Operations
  • A.11 Debugging Hypercalls

DISCLAIMER: This documentation is always under active development and as such there may be mistakes and omissions -- watch out for these and please report any you find to the developer's mailing list. The latest version is always available on-line. Contributions of material, suggestions and corrections are welcome.

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