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Re: [Xen-devel] Timeline for migrating to newer Linux kernels?

To: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Timeline for migrating to newer Linux kernels?
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:07:11 +0000
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On 2/1/07 09:49, "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> As for the Linux sparse tree in xen-unstable, it will be upgraded and moved
>> to a separate repository before 3.0.5. With the guest kernel interfaces
>> having been stable for some time, it makes lots of sense to separate
>> hypervisor development and its release cycle from that of guest kernels.
> 
> When you say 'guest' kernel interfaces are you simply refering to DomU,
> or also Dom0 ?  Having a separate repository / tree which only did the
> DomU kernel would be little use for Fedora, because we track the latest
> upstream kernels for both Dom0 and DomU. So I'd hope the separate kernel
> tree would cover Dom0 & DomU - is this what's planned ?

We will have a separate repository that has the same feature set as the
current integrated sparse tree -- i.e., it will support both dom0 and domU.

 -- Keir


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