From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200508271235.AA00285@bbb-jz5c7z9hn9y.digitalinfra.co.jp> From: Jun OKAJIMA Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:35:11 +0900 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] vmware 5.0 In-Reply-To: <32a656c205082702537184817c@mail.gmail.com> References: <32a656c205082702537184817c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7eb174a0-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I think it is possible to run Dom0 of Xen on the top of Windows, without VT. The biggest issue would be not technical one, but just who will do it. So, we are welcome if you would port Xen to Windows using "Cooperative Virtual Machine" technology, which Dan Aloni has invented. But dont expect we will do it, especially under the situation that we realize that once VT becomes major, CVM becomes obsolete. And paravirtualization, which is the key point of Xen in the technological aspect also would become obsolete, although Xen has hopeful future in business aspect. --- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan. >On 8/25/05, Martin C. Atkins wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:48:56 -0400 Latchesar Ionkov wrote: >> > I don't think you can run xen inside Windows. Xen is always in control of >> > the hardware, it can let some of the domains to access some of it directly, >> > but the MMU and the interrupts are always handled by Xen. >> >> I've been wondering if the techniques that colinux uses to run Linux >> inside windows could also be used to make Xen in Windows possible. > >Jun Okamoto is a colinux developer and a fellow Plan 9er, I'll be sure >to mention your comments to him at the next tip9ug meeting. Jun can be >reached at: okajima@digitalinfra.co.jp. > >More about Jun at: http://www.colinux.org/?section=devteam >Btw Jun, also, owns plan9.jp domain. :-) > >--vester >