On Tuesday 25 October 2005 09:44, Mark Williamson wrote:
> > On 10/12/05, Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I figure if I take this path, I'm on my own, but I am starting to feel
> > > like maybe I could do it. But then I could be wrong too. Only way to find
> > > out is at some point to try. I certainly will learn a lot about the guts
> > > of OpenBSD that way. :-)
> >
> > Good luck. Great thing about Xen, will make it easy to test without
> > taking down your computer. Plus it makes it easy for other people to
> > try.
>
> Using OpenBSD should be possible under VT.
Probably true for those with new Intel VT-enabled processors. I will be
getting an AMD processor which has Pacifica, which is not identical in
features to Intel's VT. So I have doubts about running OpenBSD in virtual
mode on AMD64-Pacifica unless specific support for Pacifica is present in Xen.
> Regarding a port of OBSD to Xen, I
> don't think anybody has worked on it yet. The code from the other BSD ports
> will be useful (due to compatible licensing). It's not clear how much OBSD
> and NetBSD have diverged, though - the code probably won't just "slot in"
> anyhow :-(
I expect to run an *unmodified* OpenBSD using Xen's hardware support for
virtualization via Pacifica. I hope I am not living in airborne castles!
>
> Personally, I've observed quite a lot of hostility to Xen among OBSD
> community
> people, largely due to what I'd call "religious objections", which is a
> shame.
You are not alone! And not just about Xen either! I ignore it.
I think the OpenBSD developers are focused upon server enhancements.
I think they will get much more interested in Xen if they see a use for
it in OpenBSD server operations.
> None of these people are necessarily "important" though, they're just
> the ones I've heard something definitive from. Although this is probably
> just a vocal minority, there certainly don't seem to be the positive vibes
> that you see in some other OS communities (like the other BSDs) - I guess if
> someone stepped up with (at least an offer of) some code, one might get a
> more concrete reaction from developers.
I will have a very strong incentive to get OpenBSD running on Xen when I
finally have both a Pacifica-enabled AMD64 system and a copy of the source
tree of Xen with Pacifica support.
Dave Feustel
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
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