Am Montag 07 Mai 2012, 15:08:58 schrieb niu xinli:> >
> > > New to xen.
> > > Does Xen run on the Power PC architecture? Specifically G5.. I
see some
> > > info on the web sites but i haven''t seen anything
> > > that tells me it''s ready and supported.
> > >
> > > If Xen does in fact run on a G5 processor would i be able to
install a
> > > windows O/S as a Domain guest O/S on it?
> > > Since windows only runs on x86 platforms i wash''t sure
if if the Xen
> > > virtual software on a G5 would build a machine that acted like
the x86
> > > architecture. I new to virtualization and how it works but
I''m guessing
> > it
> > > won''t.
>
>
> Sure Xen can run on Power PC architecture. But Xen does not emulate other
> cpu''s instructions. So you can only run a domU OS that supports
Power PC
> architecture. You can use qemu or bochs to emulate a vm of different
> architecture , but with low performance.
>
> Best Regards,
> Xinli
See http://new-wiki.xen.org/old-wiki/xenwiki/XenPPC.html:
Status update 2010
Xen PPC development has been stopped and sourcecode has been removed from
Xen 3.3 and newer versions. Xen 3.2 is the latest version to include Xen PPC
support. New developers are welcome to continue the development of Xen on PPC!
Dietmar.
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