[illumos-Discuss] Fate of the lx brand?

[Joerg Schilling]

Gary Driggs <gdriggs at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sep 2, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Joerg wrote:
>
> > If reintegration is done the LKP way, it adds new value.
>
> Does it utilize Intel VT-x or AMD-V CPU extensions? If not then IMHO it would be foolish to spend much time on it.

LKP does not need these extensions, it runs Linux programs as part of the same 
process space.

If you would run Linux programs without a dedicated zone, there is not even a 
need to have an own init and on daemons, so there is no overhead. LKP is the 
most efficient way to run Linux programs.

Jörg

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