From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: must use VMware sometimes Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:17:28 +0200 Message-ID: <46F69198.1000002@qumranet.com> References: <46F560F1.9080905@theserrs.net> <46F62267.1070408@qumranet.com> <46F6870B.7060500@theserrs.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: Scott Serr Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46F6870B.7060500-LOV8xbAlIgXk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org> 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 Scott Serr wrote: >> >> I believe VMware uses real mode transiently, which is not possible >> when vmx extensions are enabled. So using VMware and kvm >> concurrently is not possible. >> >> Maybe one of the following will suit: >> - run the Windows 98 image in qemu (without kvm). This will have >> lower performance, but may be adequate. >> - run VMware within a kvm VM, and run Windows 98 within that. >> - unload the modules. This isn't a lot of fun and prevents >> concurrent operation. >> > Thanks Avi, > > #2 sounds good to me "run VMware within a kvm VM, and run Win98 within > that." I've gone all the way down this path with Xen but ended at a > road block. VMware Workstation says it can run in a Xen VM and > halts. If you grab VMware Server it lets you go, but during an > install of CentOS early on, it freezes. > > I'm not sure #2 is possible with KVM. Can someone comment if they are > doing this reliably? > Ryan Harper reported that it can be made to work, and I've included his patch in kvm-44. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/