2005-01-26 06:24:13

by Robert W. Fuller

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Subject: porting Linux to a virtual machine

Has anybody ported Linux to a virtual machine? Does anybody have any
pointers aside from the lkml's abbreviated FAQ entry concering porting
to a new processor? What would be the best way of going about this? Is
there a supported architecture that is simpler than the others and/or
better to use as a model? What about the UML (User Mode Linux)
architecture? Are there doc's, FAQ's, etc. concerning this? Should I
just read the mailing list and harvest the source code? Thank you for
any (positive) input.


2005-01-26 23:47:52

by Chris Wright

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Subject: Re: porting Linux to a virtual machine

* Robert W. Fuller ([email protected]) wrote:
> Has anybody ported Linux to a virtual machine? Does anybody have any
> pointers aside from the lkml's abbreviated FAQ entry concering porting
> to a new processor? What would be the best way of going about this? Is
> there a supported architecture that is simpler than the others and/or
> better to use as a model? What about the UML (User Mode Linux)
> architecture? Are there doc's, FAQ's, etc. concerning this? Should I
> just read the mailing list and harvest the source code? Thank you for
> any (positive) input.

See Xen, s390, and power5 for starters.

thanks,
-chris
--
Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net

2005-01-27 00:25:52

by Adam Sulmicki

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Subject: Re: porting Linux to a virtual machine

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Robert W. Fuller wrote:

> Has anybody ported Linux to a virtual machine? Does anybody have any
> pointers aside from the lkml's abbreviated FAQ entry concering porting
> to a new processor? What would be the best way of going about this?
> Is there a supported architecture that is simpler than the others and/or
> better to use as a model? What about the UML (User Mode Linux)
> architecture? Are there doc's, FAQ's, etc. concerning this? Should I
> just read the mailing list and harvest the source code? Thank you for
> any (positive) input.

One word : xen

2005-01-27 00:43:15

by Felipe Alfaro Solana

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Subject: Re: porting Linux to a virtual machine

On 26 Jan 2005, at 07:23, Robert W. Fuller wrote:

> Has anybody ported Linux to a virtual machine?

http://xen.sf.net