From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Casey Jeffery" Subject: Re: Recursive virtualization Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 12:57:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160B318F00@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: "Dor Laor" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160B318F00-yEcIvxbTEBqsx+V+t5oei8rau4O3wl8o3fe8/T/H7NteoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Dor, Thanks, I realize there will certainly be a lot of work in virtualizing them. Maybe Intel can help out with VVT-x to give a root-root mode. ;) Any idea at a high level how vbox does it? I will post in their forum, but I assume somebody here has a good idea. Thanks. On 4/4/07, Dor Laor wrote: > >I swear this has been brought up before in this forum, but I can't > >find it. I'm curious what the virtualization gurus in this forum think > >of the possibilities for recursive virtualization. I know vbox claims > >to support it, but I haven't come across many details on how they do > >it and I don't think they really use the hvm hardware. Is it something > >that should be possible without an "enlightened" guest hypervisor and > >by basically just virtualizing the VMCS/VMCB structures? > > We have an open todo task for it. > It is 'just' emulating the VMCS/VMCB structures and commands. > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > >your > >opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVD > EV > >_______________________________________________ > >kvm-devel mailing list > >kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV