Hi,
Looks like everything points to the fact that the MBP's are VT enabled.
But is it true that a VT enabled Xen running unmodified guest OS (Linux)
is *slow* compared to the same running a Xen aware Linux kernel?
I got my MBP today and will start experimenting with it.
regards,
ratan
Mark & Tara Johnson wrote:
>On 3/27/06, Ratan Panneerselvam <ra...@ya...> wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>I am thinking of buying a MacBook Pro if it can run Xen :) Hence these
>>questions:
>>Is Virtualization Technology(VT) aka Vanderpool enabled on the Core Duo
>>Mactel machines?
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>It is on my MacBook Pro. I had heard they were on the dual
>cores, but not on the single cores. I don't know if thats true.
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>>If so, is it possible to run a VT enabled Xen kernel in
>>dom0 and then run Ubuntu as a guest OS? I would like to help/contribute,
>>if it is possible and someone is working on/towards such a configuration.
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>The efi bits are not in the 3.0.1 xen x86 tree. They are in the Itanium
>part though... I've seen rumors on the web that someone at
>xensource had something running on a duo core iMac. I'm hoping
>that's true..
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>I haven't tried yet but am planning on a similar setup. I have rEFIt and
>a hack of the live CD and my own setup running off a USB flash.
>When I get some spare time, I was going to try 3.0.1 to see what it
>does (should fail miserably).
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>MRJ
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