From bb384d75c4460c3ac89c53bdad1f1304771279a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew David Wong Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:22:07 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Enhance and correct virtualization mode entry --- about/faq.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/faq.md b/about/faq.md index 872f3392..42fcb9ab 100644 --- a/about/faq.md +++ b/about/faq.md @@ -93,17 +93,19 @@ Here are the answers for Xen 4.1 (which we use as of 2014-04-28): 7. Biggest performance hit on disk operations (especially in Qubes when complex 2-layer mapping used for Linux qubes). No GPU virtualization. 8. Mostly WorksTM :) -Here is an overview of the VM modes that correspond to each Qubes OS -version: +### Which virtualization modes do VMs use? -VM type \ Qubes OS version | 3.2 | 3.2.+| 4.0-rc1-3 | 4.0-rc4 | +Here is an overview of the VM virtualization modes that correspond to each Qubes OS version (as of 2018-01-13): + +VM Type \ Qubes OS version | 3.2 | 3.2+ | 4.0-rc1-3 | 4.0-rc4 | ---------------------------------- | --- | ---- | --------- | ------- | Default VMs without PCI devices | PV | PVH | HVM | PVH | Default VMs with PCI devices | PV | PV | HVM | HVM | -Stub domains - VMs w/o PCI devices | PV | N/A | PV | N/A | -Stub domains - VMs w/ PCI devices | PV | PV | PV | PV | +Stub domains - Default VMs w/o PCI | N/A | N/A | PV | N/A | +Stub domains - Default VMs w/ PCI | PV | PV | PV | PV | +Stub domains - HVMs | PV | PV | PV | PV | -("N/A" means "not applicable," since HVMs do not require stub domains.) +("3.2+" denotes Qubes 3.2 after applying the update discussed in [QSB #37](/news/2018/01/11/qsb-37/), which will result in most VMs running in PVH mode. "N/A" means "not applicable." PVH VMs do not require stub domains.) ### What's so special about Qubes' GUI virtualization?