Re: [Xen-devel] Is kernel 2.6.31.4 xenifid?

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 05:33:22PM +0530, Fasiha Ashraf wrote:
> what is the difference between a xenifid kernel
> 
> [1]linux-2.6.31.4-xen-r4.aka.suse-xenified-2.6.31.3-1.1.src.rpm-rebased.patches.by.andrew.lyon.tar.gz
> getting from http://x17.eu/xen/,
> and the one pv getting from
> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git 
> linux-2.6-xen
> 
> both are 2.6.31.4 then what is the difference between 2 of them?
> 

Jeremy's 'xen/master' branch is at 2.6.31.5 atm.

The difference is that the xenified patches are forward-ports of the old
2.6.18 Xenlinux code (ported by Novell/Suse). Xenlinux code/patches
won't be accepted into upstream linux, it's too intrusive.

While jeremy's tree is re-write for upstream Linux pvops framework, and
is aimed for upstream inclusion.

See:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps

and:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels

-- Pasi

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> Fasiha Ashraf
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