For the record, I have used NOVA on KVM without any issues. However, as of
Genode 18.02, Genode/seL4 doesn't boot on KVM.

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Alexander Boettcher <
alexander.boettc...@genode-labs.com> wrote:

> On 11.07.2018 18:24, Paul Dufresne wrote:
> > I have realized that if I set the CPU to coreDuo in QEMU rather than
> > core2Duo, my run/bomb
> > program would not give any output at all.
>
> We know, thats why the default CPU for NOVA on Qemu is Core2Duo (and
> nothing older) in our run tool.
>
> > My real CPU is a dual core. But the BIOS does not enable virtualization
> > model name    : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6300  @ 1.86GHz
>
> Theoretically, this is sufficient for the NOVA kernel.
>
> > I had the idea to test run/bomb in QEMU with my host CPU, but after
> > installing a KVM linux kernel,
>
> You are at your own. KVM caused in the past trouble and we did abandon
> the idea to use it with the NOVA kernel.
>
>
> Paul,
>
> if you really really really want to get this running on this very very
> very old CPU, we need to have serial output. We can't work with guesses
> or any attempts to run it virtualized. On the other hand, why you want it ?
>
> For Genode Sculpt TC we don't envision to run on such old hardware. Even
> if you get it booted, it will make no fun to use with Sculpt (to few
> memory, to slow CPU, not supported network card, no IOMMU support,
> virtualization support is unclear etc etc...)
>
> What about our suggested hardware [0,1] for Sculpt TC ? Refurbished
> versions of the machines are not that expensive - or at least some more
> _recent_ Intel machine - if you are really interested. If you just want
> to give it a spin without the desire to run it on a daily basis, running
> Sculpt TC in a VM should be sufficient.
>
> [0]
> https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-
> tc#Hardware_requirements_and_preparations
> [1] http://usr.sysret.de/jws/genode/hcl.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Alexander Boettcher
> Genode Labs
>
> http://www.genode-labs.com - http://www.genode.org
>
> Genode Labs GmbH - Amtsgericht Dresden - HRB 28424 - Sitz Dresden
> Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth
>
> _______________________________________________
> Genode users mailing list
> users@lists.genode.org
> https://lists.genode.org/listinfo/users
>
_______________________________________________
Genode users mailing list
users@lists.genode.org
https://lists.genode.org/listinfo/users

Reply via email to