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

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:03:34 +0200, Petersson, Mats wrote:

> 
>  
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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.

VMware is known to not work under Xen (for the reasons you cite).

I suggest giving QEMU a try.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> 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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