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Re: [Xen-devel] xen-2.0 + linux-2.6.15?

Am Dienstag, den 28.02.2006, 10:43 +0000 schrieb Keir Fraser:
> On 28 Feb 2006, at 10:25, Nils Toedtmann wrote:
> 
> > I have a very stable xen-host with several domUs (uptimes > 300d).
> >
> > It's still 2.6.11.x + xen-2.0 and now i'd like to upgrade it to
> > 2.6.15.4. I have to do that remotely, and xen-2.0 was absolutely ok for
> > me (rock-solid!), so i'd like to stick with xen-2.0 for now. But the
> > last Changeset of the xen-2.0-testing hg tree is 3520 from 2005-12-28,
> > and it still wants linux-2.6.12.
> >
> > Do i have to choose between 2.6.12.x+xen-2.0 and 2.6.15.x+xen-3.0?
> >
> > What about a maintenance release 2.0.8 for linux-2.6.15 or upcoming
> > -2.6.16?
> 
> At the moment you have to make that choice. 

That's a choice between two evils ... any experiences comparing
stability of 2.0 vs. 3.0? (Of cause there is no xen-3.0.x system with
uptime>90d ;-)

> It would be great if someone upgraded the 2.0 kernel, 

true

> but the core developers are busy with 3.0.

Comprehensible. So no xen-2 release on the roadmap? Then i'll have to
move to xen-3, too many sec issues with < 2.6.15.4  :(

/nils.

ps: xen is great, thank you for this wonderful piece of software!


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