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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Summary of Xen/pv_ops changes/additions in upcoming

To: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>, Ferenc Wagner <wferi@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Summary of Xen/pv_ops changes/additions in upcoming Linux 2.6.28?
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:58:27 +0000
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On 26/11/08 11:50, "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:

>> Xen/paravirt_ops has been in mainline Linux since 2.6.23, though it is
>> probably first usable in 2.6.24. While I wouldn't put it in production
>> just yet, for normal desktop/developer workloads it has proven to be
>> pretty stable.
>> 
>> Is this statement still well founded?
> 
> Yeah, I guess that should be modified.. suggestions?
> 
> pv_ops based domU kernels are shipping at least in Fedora 9 and Fedora 10..
> how about other distributions?

pv_ops is find for domU use now. x86/64 has had less testing than i386
though, of course, since the support is newer.

 -- Keir



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