[HN Gopher] Xen on Raspberry Pi 4 ___________________________________________________________________ Xen on Raspberry Pi 4 Author : posix_me_less Score : 38 points Date : 2020-10-04 17:10 UTC (5 hours ago) (HTM) web link (xenproject.org) (TXT) w3m dump (xenproject.org) | gorgoiler wrote: | I reach for LXC if I need to contain something inside it's own | OS, on the condition that the contained OS is running the same | kernel as the host. | | As I understand it, Xen would allow me to contain OSs that aren't | even Linux. What is available for Raspberry pi's hardware, that I | should try? | | Is there a compelling advantage to using Xen for a container | Linux, versus LXC? | dylz wrote: | Xen is not a container, compare it to qemu/KVM more. | | I would not host untrusted customers in docker containers, LXC, | but I would in Xen HVM any day. | NullPrefix wrote: | >I would [..] host untrusted customers in [...] Xen HVM any | day. | | Intel doesn't recommend running untrusted code even in a | separate VM, according to their official explanation of | Spectre/Meltdown. At least we can do it on RPi now. | [deleted] | tosh wrote: | > According to the RPi Foundation, over 35 million have been | sold, with 44% of these sold into industry | als0 wrote: | Has anyone tried comparing Xen's performance on the Pi against | KVM? Any reason to choose the former over the latter? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-10-04 23:00 UTC)