[XenPPC] RE: 32-bit PowerPC virtualization

[Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it looks like the e600 products are still higher performance than
e500. (However, the 8572E is dual-core.)

Freescale folks: any comment?

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 08:18 -0400, Jimmy Markakis wrote:
> Any XEN development for 32bit PowerPC catches my interest, but I think
> development for the e600 class would make more sense due to its higher
> clock speed and multi-core capability. It seems that the e500 class is
> considered to be more appropriate for lower end needs? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Ehrhardt [mailto:ehrhardt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:30 AM
> To: Jimmy Markakis; xen-ppc-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: FW: [XenPPC] libvirt & virt-manager/virsh status - working
> 
> Jimmy Markakis wrote:
> > Any plans for XEN on e600/7448 class processors?
> >   
> We do not target e600 class in the near future, but have started to 
> consider how to support e500/440 class with open source virtualization.
> Does this still catch your interest?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-ppc-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:xen-ppc-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jimi
> > Xenidis
> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:09 PM
> > To: Hollis Blanchard
> > Cc: xen-ppc-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [XenPPC] libvirt & virt-manager/virsh status - working
> >
> >
> > On Jul 5, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 14:06 +0200, Christian Ehrhardt wrote:
> >>     
> >>> See http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7261/workingvirtmanagerem3.gif
> >>> for a screenshot of working xenppc libvirt/virt-manager.
> >>>       
> >> Gorgeous. :)
> >>
> >>     
> >>> => We need now to define what the function scope that we want to have
> >>> supported by libvirt & virt-manager/virsh should be.
> >>>
> >>> - start/stop guests
> >>> - watch guests and utilization
> >>>       
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> - configure network ?
> >>>       
> >> Nice to have, but not a big deal as long as we can configure it the
> >> old-fashioned way.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> - shrink/increase DomU ram ? (does this actually work on xenppc
> >>> DomU's ?)
> >>> - add/remove CPU's ?
> >>> - ... Please comment
> >>>       
> >> No. :) We can't balloon memory anyways, and I'm not worried about CPU
> >> hotplugging.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > cool stuff.. BTW, CPU hotplugging does indeed work and has been tested
> > -JX
> >
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