Re: [XenPPC] Xen on System p - possible

[Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 12:37 +0800, Richard Chan wrote:
> Is Xen possible on System p?
> 
> For me, even the lite-version of IBM's System pofferings (IVM) is
> expensive,not to mention HMC, so hoping for a para-virt solution.

Unfortunately this is not currently possible. The biggest issue for us
is that the System p hypervisor prevents all other software from using
hypervisor mode on these processors, and that is what Xen requires.

-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center


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