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Re: [Xen-users] VMWare ESX on Xen (maybe OT)
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-users] VMWare ESX on Xen (maybe OT) |
| From: | Javier Guerra <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:12:54 -0500 |
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On Tuesday 21 March 2006 7:56 am, carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > > I will want to try VMWare ESX to test new features but I do not have a > server that meets the ESX requeriments ... but is it possible to run ESX > under Xen (maybe a silly question)? most 'userspace' virtualization systems (Qemu, UML, and i guess VMWare) have a kernel module that gives the userspace application some access to protected features of the CPU. usually the very same features that a 'xenified' kernel have to avoid. IOW, those systems would have to be Xen-aware to run under Xen, just like the linux kernel have to be modified. (that's the "para" in "paravirtualization") -- Javier
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