Re: [Xen-users] run vmware inside a xen host

[Michael Vrable <mvrable@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 06:08:59PM -0500, James Dickens wrote:
> I need to run windows. I know that its not possible to do directly on
> Xen on an older CPU, but is it possible to run vmware on top of linux
> running inside a host?

Unfortunately, no.

VMware expects to be running directly on the hardware, and uses a kernel
module (I believe) to let it run code in ring-0 of the processor.  That
won't work in Xen's paravirtualized mode.

You could try using something like QEMU, but you'll take a big
performance hit.

--Michael Vrable

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