Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:21:45 -0800
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
To: "Robert W. Fuller" <orangemagicbus@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: porting Linux to a virtual machine
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* Robert W. Fuller (orangemagicbus@sbcglobal.net) 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
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