On 2/15/08, David Meisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But, LDoms use the hardware hypervisor which can't be touched. As far as I 
> know...

SPARC Hypervisor/LDom is *code* that runs in the Hyper-Privileged
execution mode, which was introduced in the sun4v architecture. You
can get the specification of the sun4v architecture at OpenSPARC.

(I did not study the Hyper-Privileged execution mode in detail, but I
assume it is very similar to the AMD-V or IVT... it's basically a
"ring -1" mode.)

(BTW, I wrote the "Logical Domains" wikipedia page early last year,
but unless the architecture of LDom changed a lot, it should still be
valid)

Some useful stuff:
1) Logical Domains (LDoms)
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ldoms/files/LDoms-LOSUG-Oct-2007.pdf

2) Hyperprivileged Mode
http://www.opensparc.net/opensparc-t2/index.html
http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/index.html

Rayson


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