> While 12 LPARs can share one IFL they cannot share any memory. Each LPAR must have its own dedicated memory. That's the main reason to run z/VM, to share memory. When > I asked why Xen did not support System z, I was told that they didn't see any point in competing with z/VM.
Xen is architecture dependend code all the way through. I know it also runs on Power, but the only commonality between Power and x86 is probably the printk routine... with kind regards Carsten Otte IBM Linux Technology Center / Boeblingen lab -- omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
