Design documents

Design documents and implementation details for the Xen hypervisor.

These are intended for developers working on the Xen hypervisor, and for those interested in the internal workings of Xen.

• 1. Hyperlaunch
  • 1.1. Hyperlaunch Design Document
  • 1.2. Xen Hyperlaunch Device Tree Bindings
• 2. Cache Coloring
  • 2.1. Background
  • 2.2. Command line parameters
  • 2.3. Colors selection format
  • 2.4. DomUs configuration
  • 2.5. Colored allocator and buddy allocator
  • 2.6. Known issues and limitations
• 3. NUMA Claims
  • 3.1. Use Cases
  • 3.2. Performance
  • 3.3. Development
  • 3.4. Claims Design
  • 3.5. Installation
  • 3.6. Protection
  • 3.7. Redeeming
  • 3.8. Accounting
  • 3.9. Implementation
  • 3.10. Terminology