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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:38:56 +0200
From: Antonio Vargas <windenntw@gmail.com>
To: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Virtualization patches, set 4
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On 8/24/05, Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> wrote:
> Transparent paravirtualization patches, set 4.  This batch includes
> mostly MMU hooks that can be used by the hypervisor for page allocation,
> and allows the kernel to be compiled to step out of the way of the
> hypervisor by making a hole in linear address space.
> 
> Patches are based off 2.6.13-rc6-mm2; I've tested i386 PAE and non-PAE
> as well as um-i386.  Although these are mostly i386 specific, some of
> the concepts are starting to apply to virtualization of other
> architectures as well.

Zach, have you had a look at the mac-on-linux virtualizer? It's coded
for arch-ppc but most probably some of these generic concepts could
get merged together...

-- 
Greetz, Antonio Vargas aka winden of network

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