Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] Xen on Mactel

[Mark & T. J. <joh...@gm...>]

On 3/27/06, Ratan Panneerselvam <ra...@ya...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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?

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.


> 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.

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..

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).

MRJ