On 11/17/10 03:17 PM, Kent Watsen wrote:
On 11/16/2010 3:24 PM, Ian Collins wrote:
On 11/17/10 08:11 AM, Shawn Walker wrote:
The 32-bit dom0 hypervisor has been removed, per the release notes:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/821-1479/fbdtw?l=en&a=view
Other details regarding xvm usage can be found there as well.
Interesting.
Based on the push for Oracle's alternative Xen based offering, I was
expecting xVM to be completely removed.
Me too, but this is a welcomed surprise and, honestly, the one thing
that has suddenly caused me to start thinking again about running
Solaris 11 on my network. I've searched for some time looking for
any other information about xvm support in Solaris 11 Express and have
found nothing. It almost appears to be a hidden feature...
The doc Shawn linked is kind of strange in that it illustrates that
there was a concerted effort to remove 32-bit Dom0 support while
leaving 64-bit support. It doesn't really say that 64-bit Dom0 is
supported, other than saying that use of the 64-bit hypervisor won't
affect the ability to run either 32 or 64 bit guest machines.
I have a couple pressing questions, perhaps someone could link me to
relevant docs:
* if xvm Dom0 is in Solaris 11 Express, does that imply that it
will also be in Solaris 11?
Well it isn't listed in the "Features That Might Be Removed in a Future
Release" section of the release notes.
* how has xvm been modified since b134? - I can't tell and I know
there were a few bugs in b134, but it seems that if xvm is being
picked up again, then it may have been updated in way other than
stripping out the 32-bit support...
That might be problem, it it's still there, but not being worked on.
The version is still 3.4.2 (as build 133).
--
Ian.
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