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Re: [Xen-users] IA64 Xen Bi-endian support - Litlle-endian Dom0 + Big-en

To: veenaelizabeth.joshua@xxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] IA64 Xen Bi-endian support - Litlle-endian Dom0 + Big-endianDomU
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:06:33 -0600
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On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 14:17 +0530, Joshua, Veena wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I am running Xen 3.04 version and trying to run a big-endian OS as
> guest on IA64. 
> 
> Is it possible to run a big-endian OS as guest, when the Dom 0 is
> running little-endian?

   Xen/ia64 can run a big endian PV guest on a little endian Xen/dom0.
However, this is only known to work with the ia64 mini-os and a
proprietary OS being paravirtualized by Fujitsu-Siemens.  I don't know
if anyone has tested a big endian HVM guest.

        Alex

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Alex Williamson                             HP Open Source & Linux Org.


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