Re: [off-topic] Fully virtualisable CPUs (fwd)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 22:34:01 +0100 (BST)

> Can any of the non-x86 CPUs that linux runs on be virtualized? It might be
> really nice to be able to run Linux under Linux as a user process for
> debugging purposes.

68010 and higher.

> When Jim Paradise first did the Linux port, there was a program which
> provided a virtual AXP machine on AXP, x86, and Sparc platforms. I forget
> what it was called (isp?), but that was how I first booted Linux/Alpha. Does
> anyone know if that program will still run current Linux kernels?

No, but this is a pure software emulator so its nothing like as fast as a
virtual machine.

Alan