Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> would it be technically possible to run a virtual machine client on MorphOS, which
> ran on one or if the quad core G5 was ever supported, ran on the other 3 cores?

I don't know if this is possible in general, but if it is (in ASMP style like iFusion running on OS3/WarpOS), then such VM would be restricted to running on one core. So if you have more than two cores like in the quad-G5 or the X5000/40, you would have to run more VMs to use more cores. This is because, while the OS running inside the VM may be SMP-capable, the VM itself would still be a MorphOS program and thus bound to the known limitations.

> I am not familiar with how AmigaOS4 is able to run some Linux software,
> but I assume it is running some kind of X-Windows compatible GUI wrapper

It's X-Windows (X11), but not a GUI wrapper. The programs run with their genuine GUI.

> which I have no idea of how it would work, or if that route is a good or
> bad option for running more available software. Since there does not seem
> to be much discussion regarding AmigaOS4.x's ability to run some Linux
> software using that method, I must assume that it is NOT a great solution
> for making AmigaOS4.x compatible hardware run more software.

Your assumption regarding AmiCygnix-like solutions is apparently shared by the MorphOS team:

http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=8220&forum=3&start=9
http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7785&forum=9&start=23
http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7785&forum=9&start=31
http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7785&forum=9&start=32
http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7785&forum=9&start=48

Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> the VM software would have to have enough intelligence to manage
> core assignments and other house keeping tasks in a multiple VM setup.

In my scenario, core assignment would be managed by an ASMP-enhanced MorphOS. The two (or more) VMs each run on its own core and aren't even aware of each other.

> That last part sounds like a job for some kind of hypervisor.

Yes, implemented at OS level in my scenario.

amigadave schrieb:
How likely will it be, that we will be able to run other OSes in a virtual machine, while running MorphOS for x64? Edit: I didn't word that very well, so let me try again. How likely is it that either the MorphOS Dev. Team members, or outside 3rd party software developers who create or port software for/to MorphOS, will create a VM program that allows us to run Linux, Android, Windows, MacOSX, or any other OS in a virtual environment running on top of MorphOS for x64?