Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:29:54 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Intel x86 Dual Core & Linux AMP |
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Matias wrote: > Is there a way to boot a normal standard home x86 dual core PC with two > different Linux Kernels without a hypervisor? > The idea is of course to give the Kernels their own address space and > their own rootfile systems, the devices would be unique for each kernel > etc. > > Can this be done with a standard BIOS and GRUB/LILO?
No. There are way too many shared resources, such as address space and interrupt system. You need a central resource to arbitrate those resources, i.e. a hypervisor.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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