Re: [Xen-users] Xen on IBM and HAL...

[Thomas Ronner <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Adam,

On 5/23/11 11:24 AM, Adam Hunter wrote:
> Good morning, I have what I hope to be a simple question to answer..
>
> I have some software that I would like to run, that requires x86 
> 32-bit architecture. However I have been presented with IBM P560 C 
> Type platform (Power chips). Is it possible to run Xen on this 
> hardware and provide a hardware layer that looks like x86 32-bit for 
> the software?
No, that's not possible. Xen doesn't emulate x86, it only virtualizes 
it, just like the hypervisor does on your P560. You could try to compile 
qemu (http://qemu.org) under AIX. But performance will probably suck big 
time. Just buy a separate machine for your x86 software. As you have a 
P560, cost should not be a big problem for you :-)

Good luck,
Thomas

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