Re: [Xen-users] Re: HVM domU Solaris 10 (Marc Patino G?mez)

[Marc Patino Gómez <mpatino@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joe,

many thanks for your answer.

Regards,

Marc

Joe Bonasera wrote:
> Because AMD h/w virtualization support virtualizes guest real mode, but
> Intel VT-x doesn't. Therefore Xen has to rely on software
> instruction emulation for guest real mode. The Xen code
> for that emulation is incomplete and somewhat wrong. We've fixed it in 
> some
> patches we apply to the hypervisor version that will come with 
> OpenSolaris.
> However, the patches have not been pushed back into the upstream
> code base yet. Until that happens, if you're interested in using
> S10 in an HVM domain, use AMD processors.
>
> Joe
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:01:58 +0200
> From: Marc Patino G?mez <mpatino@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Xen-users] HVM domU Solaris 10
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> Hi,
>
> Anybody knows why a Solaris 10 HVM domU hangs when kernel is booting on
> my Intel CPU box. I had no problem installing Solaris 10 on an AMD CPU 
> Box.
> Any advices?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Marc
>
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