Hi *, any plans to port OpenSolaris/x86 to ARCH=xen? AFAIK Solaris Zones cannot run a different OS, right? /nils. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Nils Toedtmann <xen-devel@nils.toedtmann.net> wrote:> any plans to port OpenSolaris/x86 to ARCH=xen?Not heard of that, yet.> AFAIK Solaris Zones cannot run a different OS, right?Correct. But they integrate quite nice with Solaris resource management. The very nice Sun Blueprint http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0505/819-2679.pdf gives you an idea. by Töns -- There is no safe distance. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
I wrote on Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 10:29:28PM +0200:> > any plans to port OpenSolaris/x86 to ARCH=xen? > > Not heard of that, yet.Corrected - obviously Tim Marsland is already working on it: http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/tpm/20050510#the_xen_summit by Töns -- There is no safe distance. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On 6/15/05, Nils Toedtmann <xen-devel@nils.toedtmann.net> wrote:> Hi *, > > any plans to port OpenSolaris/x86 to ARCH=xen? AFAIK Solaris Zones > cannot run a different OS, right?http://blogs.sun.com/roller/comments/tpm/Weblog/the_xen_summit " Anyhow, we''ve been looking at Xen for about a year now, and recently a few of us have been working on a prototype port of Solaris to Xen on the x86 architecture. We''re planning to make it work on x64 machines where we can exploit the new hardware virtualization technology as it becomes available. " Nicholas _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> any plans to port OpenSolaris/x86 to ARCH=xen? AFAIK Solaris Zones > cannot run a different OS, right?They can''t run an OS kernel, although I think there''s a project to port BSD userland (?) to run in a zone. I think the two approaches are complimentary - for different levels of isolation / convenience / migratability you choose the appropriate virtualisation technique. Another advantage of a Solaris Xen port is that you get the full driver support of Linux, whilst being able to run Solaris at near-native speeds. Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> > I think the two approaches are complimentary - for different levels of > > isolation / convenience / migratability you choose the appropriate > > virtualisation technique. > > I imagine "zones = solaris equivalent of linux vserver/freebsd jails + > lots of resource management". Eg, all zones share the same kernel, > right?Yes, although I suspect Zones is the most comprehensive of the three in terms of isolation, they still share the same kernel.> > Another advantage of a Solaris Xen port is that you get the full driver > > support of Linux, whilst being able to run Solaris at near-native speeds. > > That''s why i was asking: i''d like to try solaris (including zones), but > not on dedicated hw (and it''s so much easier to download a ready-to-go > opensolaris rootfs image ;-) > > I forgot to ask: on a VT-enabled CPU solaris/x86 (like any other OS/x86) > should run unmodified (at least when there are solaris drivers for the > virtual hardware)?It should do. OpenSolaris/Xen will just be another option for maximum performance and for use on vanilla x86. OpenSolaris/Xen may also support running as dom0 at some stage, which could be useful for users migrating from Linux to Solaris (keep running Linux apps in virtual machines) or in the other direction :-) Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Am Donnerstag, den 16.06.2005, 00:52 +0100 schrieb Mark Williamson:> > any plans to port OpenSolaris/x86 to ARCH=xen? AFAIK Solaris Zones > > cannot run a different OS, right? > > They can''t run an OS kernel, although I think there''s a project to port BSD > userland (?) to run in a zone. > > I think the two approaches are complimentary - for different levels of > isolation / convenience / migratability you choose the appropriate > virtualisation technique.I imagine "zones = solaris equivalent of linux vserver/freebsd jails + lots of resource management". Eg, all zones share the same kernel, right?> Another advantage of a Solaris Xen port is that you get the full driver > support of Linux, whilst being able to run Solaris at near-native speeds.That''s why i was asking: i''d like to try solaris (including zones), but not on dedicated hw (and it''s so much easier to download a ready-to-go opensolaris rootfs image ;-) I forgot to ask: on a VT-enabled CPU solaris/x86 (like any other OS/x86) should run unmodified (at least when there are solaris drivers for the virtual hardware)? /nils. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel