RE: [Xen-users] Compiling VMWare server against xen dom0 enabled kernel

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of carlopmart
> Sent: 22 September 2006 15:48
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> Subject: [Xen-users] Compiling VMWare server against xen dom0 
> enabled kernel
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>   I need to deploy several virtual machines (windows and RHEL) on my 
> laptop to do some demostrations to our customers. At this moment, my 
> laptop is a RHEL 4 ES U1 with xen enabled kernel 3.0.2 
> downloaded from 
> xensource.com (rpm packages) on a Pentium M 2GHz. My idea is 
> to install 
> VMWare Server on this laptop on dom0 (not on any virtual 
> machine) using 
> xen kernel sources from rpm packages. is this possible???

This would only work if Vmware's kernel modules are co-operative vs. the
Xen-kernel, which I very much doubt that they are. VMWare's kernel
module needs to know similar things that the Xen-kernel tracks and
"hides" from the domains, such as the REAL memory layout [machine
physical], the REAL register content for certain control registers, etc,
etc.

I haven't tried, so I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't expect it to
work, as the two versions of Virtual Machine Monitor would have to
"fight" over the same resources, and they are not co-operating in any
way. 

If someone from VMWare is on this mailing list, maybe they could comment
further. 

--
Mats 
> 
> Many thanks
> -- 
> CL Martinez
> carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com
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