Re: KVM on MIPS?

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On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:32:57PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
> Am 25.03.2010 um 22:04 schrieb Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> On 03/25/2010 06:54 PM, Dale Farnsworth wrote:
>>> I'm beginning to look at implementing KVM on MIPS.  I've tried to  
>>> search
>>> for any work-in-progress on this but haven't found much at all.
>>
>>> If you know of anyone who is working on this or of pitfalls I should
>>> consider before jumping in, please let me know.
>>>
>>
>> Is the instruction set virtualizable?
>
> FWIW it's not. Kernel mode is used based on an address offset of the IP. 
> Since you'd want to have your guest running in user mode, you're pretty 
> much lost there.

I guess that would qualify as a pitfall.  Thanks Avi and Alex.

-Dale
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