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RE: [Xen-users] Xen & Transmeta CPUs

To: "Carl Holtje ;021;vcsg6;" <cwh0803@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Xen & Transmeta CPUs
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:14:23 +0100
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> As a Trasnemta-based system "is" an x86, is there any reason 
> Xen shouldn't run on such a system?
> 
> I've loaded FC3 onto my OQO, satisfied all of Xens 
> dependencies, and compiled Xen, but can't get it to boot. 
> Grub starts the xen kernel loading, and before any kernel 
> messages are printed, the system shutsdown...

Xen is quite conservative about what it is prepared to run on. You might
want to add some instrumentation to xen/arch/x86/setup.c

Also, does Transmeta support PSE (4MB pages), PGE (global bit), TSC
(time stamp counter)?

Ian
 
> I'm not too sure how to diagnose the problem as its so early 
> in the boot process, so any help to further diagnose (or even 
> better -- resolve) this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Carl
> 
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