Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:21:19 -0500 From: Aaron Peterson <lloyd.peterson@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <95550eab0512201821y31e6dfecu41219911d05d58d7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <95550eab0512201819t7f63f169ge7480a3a48a76285@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0512201728s56e73e16j4db1d778567593af@mail.gmail.com> <20051221020952.8291143D5D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <95550eab0512201819t7f63f169ge7480a3a48a76285@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/20/05, Aaron Peterson <lloyd.peterson@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw <kcrenshaw@viscient.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I'll look into it. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Nikolas Britt= on > > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:28 PM > > To: Kevin Crenshaw > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD? > > > > On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw <kcrenshaw@viscient.com> wrote: > > > Xen supports installation on Red Hat and Suse Linux. Does this mean = that > > > Xen will run on FreeBSD using linux binary compatibility? Does anyon= e > > have > > > a recommendation for Virtualization software to run on FreeBSD? > > > > > > > I don't see why not, it's what we do with VMware. Why not try and port > > Xen to FreeBSD, you have the source code. > > Also, Xen currently requires any guest OS to be running a modified > kernel. Suse and Redhat "support" for Xen means that they ship with > this modified kernel so they can be installed as a guest OS. They > might also ship with the Xen hypervisor and have some way to install > Suse or Redhat as VM 1 (the controlling virtual machine). If you're > asking if one can run FreeBSD as a guest, I'm guessing the answer is > yes. > > In the upcoming year, intel and AMD are releasing new virtualization > technology built into their CPUs. When this happens, Xen will be able > to use any x86 OS without modification supposedly. > > Just some extra information I picked up at Ohio Linuxfest this year > that I thought might help you on your quest :-) > > Aaron >
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