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Re: [Xen-users] Xen-IA64 Support Solaris?

from [Christian Horn]

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To:	Yuzhong Sun <yuzhongsun@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] Xen-IA64 Support Solaris?
From:	Christian Horn <chorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:51:33 +0100
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On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 04:34:16PM +0800, Yuzhong Sun wrote:
> 
> Sun has opened the openSolaris on x86. Xen announces to support Solaris. How
> about Xen-ia64 support to Solaris?

The raw cpu-instructions are not modified by xen but go directly
onto the cpu, so you still need the domU-system to support the
architecture the dom0 runs on.

So you need an (open)solaris-version compiled for IA64, havent
yet heard of sun seeing a business-case there and pushing it.

Christian

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