Re: [Xen-devel] xen on illumos(OpenSolaris) based platform

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Andrew Warkentin <andreww591@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Igor Kozhukhov wrote:
>>
>> hello all!
>>
>> are you interested in port xen-4.1 to illumos(OpenSolaris) based platform?
>> I have found old Sun works with xen-3.4.2 and updated it to xen-3.4.4
>>
>> I'll try to port xen-4.1.

> I'm interested specifically in HVM domU support.

> NCP3 hangs on boot on any versions of
> Xen newer than 4.0.1 that I tried (even on 4.0.1, the kernel needs to be
> patched ), and illumos hangs on boot on all the Xen versions that I tried.
> These hangs are related to the PVHVM drivers (the install systems run OK,
> and they don't include them).

I thought opensolaris (and derivatives) runs well as PV domU? What do
you use HVM for?

Also, doesn't illumos support KVM? If you need full virtualization
with *solaris, wouldn't it be easier for that particular purpose to
try KVM instead?

-- 
Fajar

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