From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 21 02:21:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADA5116A41F for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:21:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lloyd.peterson@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B7A443D53 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:21:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lloyd.peterson@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so27166wxc for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:21:20 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FKhqPOAKGzxiQGp2NQS1G+MjK4vp6JXxQWd7mVqQDyq7t9cukeP8mS4mkRvQ0g1ZmehvoFKYaKwnRyAhPmwoQpBxiDbaEUU1lA+hUNMgkpevSgHlzq6tVfQmIPqipn+sZ3Bqoy+YnJfBWyVdYaq77ckupsWIQXtvfwTD/iCG1Ys= Received: by 10.70.97.9 with SMTP id u9mr243451wxb; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:21:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.62.15 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:21:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <95550eab0512201821y31e6dfecu41219911d05d58d7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:21:19 -0500 From: Aaron Peterson To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <95550eab0512201819t7f63f169ge7480a3a48a76285@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20051221020952.8291143D5D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <95550eab0512201819t7f63f169ge7480a3a48a76285@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Can you run Xen on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:21:20 -0000 On 12/20/05, Aaron Peterson wrote: > On 12/20/05, Kevin Crenshaw 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 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 >