Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:41:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:41:08 -0500 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:8452 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:41:07 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:46:47 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Kevin Lawton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Simple patches for Linux as a guest OS in a plex86 VM (please consider) Message-ID: <20030124154647.GA20371@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20030122182341.66324.qmail@web80309.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030122182341.66324.qmail@web80309.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > I'm working on running Linux as a guest OS inside a > lightweight cut-down plex86 environment. My goal is to > run a stock Linux kernel, which can be slimmed down to > the essentials via kernel configuration, since a guest > OS doesn't need to drive much hardware. Can you explain a bit more about plex86? I thought plex86 aims to be complete machine emulation, capable of running winNT (for example). I don't think M$ will accept such a patch from you... Or will it only increase performance when running under plex86? Pavel -- Worst form of spam? Adding advertisment signatures ala sourceforge.net. What goes next? Inserting advertisment *into* email? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/