[Xen-devel] Nested Virtualisation question

[Jeroen Groenewegen van der Weyden <groen692@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have A question about nested virtualisation, the xen user list 
suggested to post the question here.
I need nested virtualisation to run an application on out en 
environment, which uses kvm it-self.
I suppose I have to apply these patches:
- 
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=nested%20vmx#query:nested%20vmx+page:1+mid:z33lihxnbdjghua5+state:results
-  or http://xenbits.xen.org/ext/cegger/nestedhvm/

Is it correct these patches are now in the xen-unstable branch?
Anything else to get me on my way.


My goal is

DOM0
 openSUSE 11.4 with xen 4.X

DOMU1
 SLES 11 SP1
  kvm guest HVM domu1a (propetary OS)
  kvm guest HVM domu1b (sles 10 sp3)
  kvm guest HVM domu1c (sles 10 sp3)
  kvm guest HVM domu1b (sles 10 sp3)

> Op 3-4-2011 23:29, Todd Deshane schreef:
> > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Jeroen Groenewegen van der Weyden
> > <groen692@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > > I now am in the position to start testing your suggestion.
> > >
> > > An additional question, is it correct the patches you mention here 
> > > are part
> > > of the xen4.2-unstable branch?
> > > are these patches for vt-x or for svm only? the developer seems to 
> > > be from
> > > amd. My machines are running on intel.
> > The latest patch series is here:
> > http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/PATCH-00-12-Nested-Virtualization-Overview-td3415672.html 
> >
> > Not sure if it has been accepted yet or not. You can email the
> > developer and/or devel list for confirmation.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Todd
> >
> > > mfg,
> > > Jeroen
> > >
> > > Op 15-2-2011 16:21, Todd Deshane schreef:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Jeroen Groenewegen van der Weyden
> > > > <groen692@xxxxxxxxx>    wrote:
> > > > > The why is a good question,
> > > > > We use xen as out main virtualisation platform. But now there are
> > > > > applications that use virtualisation it self. In my case I have an
> > > > > application that uses kvm. So to put it on our xen server it needs 
> > > > > to be
> > > > > nested. I guess in the future more of these situation will appear.
> > > > >
> > > > > I read somethings about nested virtualisation and I wonder If 
> > > > > somebody
> > > > > has
> > > > > any experience with it.
> > > > To run KVM inside of a guest you need virtualization support within
> > > > the guest (running nested xen doesn't require the double nested
> > > > (unless you want to do HVM within the nested of course))
> > > >
> > > > Patches can be found here:
> > > >
> > > > http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=nested%20vmx#query:nested%20vmx+page:1+mid:z33lihxnbdjghua5+state:results 
> > > >
> > > > I believe KVM should also have support for nested vmx and nested svm.
> > > >
> > > > The use cases are fairly slim, so finding users/testers is often
> > > > difficult.
> > > >
> > > > Please report any bugs you find to the appropriate devel lists and cc
> > > > the appropriate nested virtualization maintainers .
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Todd
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Xen-users mailing list
> > > > Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel