Re: [Xen-devel] Mixing patches

[Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Tom Cranbrook wrote:

> This is a patch for Netraverse's Win4Lin.  I am trying to figure out a way
> to get an instance of Win95 running on a netsork server for several legacy
> apps.  I could devote a machine to it, but the Xen VM idea and migrating
> server images is so compelling that I really wish I can do this in a
> domain.

In order to emulate windows, chances are win4lin needs to
play with segments and LDT descriptors.  Fat chance that'll
work inside an unmodified Xen ...

-- 
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan



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