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

[carlopmart <carlopmart@xxxxxxxxx>]

Petersson, Mats wrote:
>  
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of carlopmart
> > Sent: 22 September 2006 15:48
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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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many thanks to all. I have tested  and it doesn't works ...:((



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CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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