Boris Derzhavets wrote: >> Boris Derzhavets wrote: >>> I am a bit confused. HVM Solaris Guest at Linux >> Dom0 >>> will anyway suffer performance degradation. >>> Why you need Linux Dom0 on top of Xen ? >>> The most recent VMWare Server ( for example) will >>> make Solaris 10 fully virtualized machine with the >> same performance. >> Not sure what you asking. If it's why does >> Xen need a dom0... > Mark, > Thank you for explanation. I am not asking why Xen needs Dom0. > I am suggesting to create Solaris 08/07 fully virtualized machine > with technology different from Xen Hypervisor , for example VMware. > It’s pretty easy to create VMware VM for Solaris 11/06 on CentOS 5.0 > (Xen disabled). At the same time when I try to to use Xen 3.1 VM Manager > on the CentOS 5.1 to create Solaris 11/06 HVM guest > installation hangs .It will also hang for Solaris 08/07 HVM guest. > Solaris 08/07 HVM guest is easy to install only on SNV76 (78) Dom0. > Functionality from theoretical standpoint is the same.
There is a bug in 3.0.3 - 3.1.2 Xen where Solaris doesn't run in xVM on Intel machines. We have a patch which fixes it out xVM gate (which Intel helped us with). We have tried to submit it once upstream and it didn't get accepted initially. We need to try again or get the patch out so RedHat, SUSE can add it to their current distros. The bug doesn't exist in 3.2 due to a large change in the VT code. MRJ _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
