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Re: [XenPPC] Xen on System p - possible

from [Hollis Blanchard] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: Re: [XenPPC] Xen on System p - possible
From: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:54:20 -0500
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On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 12:37 +0800, Richard Chan wrote:
> Is Xen possible on System p?
> 
> For me, even the lite-version of IBM's System pofferings (IVM) is
> expensive,not to mention HMC, so hoping for a para-virt solution.

Unfortunately this is not currently possible. The biggest issue for us
is that the System p hypervisor prevents all other software from using
hypervisor mode on these processors, and that is what Xen requires.

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