Re: [Xen-devel] KXen preview now available

[Jun Koi <junkoi2004@xxxxxxxxx>]

Another question: do we still maintain the same low level API
(libxenctrl, libxenstore,...) in KXen?

Thanks,
J

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Jun Koi <junkoi2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is exciting!
>
> Some quick questions: how much code is shared between Xen and KXen?
> And how Xen and KXen code are parallel maintained in the future?
>
> Thanks,
> Jun
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Christian Limpach
> <christian.limpach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The initial public release of the Hosted Xen project (KXen) is now
>> available.  KXen lets you run the Xen core as a Type-2 VMM, on top of
>> a regular operating system.  This release supports 32-bit Windows XP,
>> Vista and Win7 as the host operating system.  This release uses a
>> snapshot of the Xen core used in Citrix's XenServer product.  Future
>> releases will be based on open source xen-3.4 and xen-unstable.  This
>> release is in the form of a snapshot of the latest working sources
>> (kxen-preview-090323-src.tar.bz2) and an archive of binaries built
>> from those sources (kxen-preview-090323-windows.zip).
>>
>> Xen is the leading open source Type-1 VMM, providing a fast, robust
>> and secure virtualization platform.  KXen leverages the Xen
>> technology, extending the range of environments in which the same core
>> engine can be used to existing desktops, laptops and allowing
>> scenarios like run from usb stick.
>>
>> Work is underway to support MacOSX as the host, as well as 64-bit
>> versions of Windows.  The windows 32-bit host code is designed such
>> that it is easy to port to other host operating systems.
>>
>> URLs:
>> http://www.xen.org/download/HostedXen/snapshots/kxen-preview-090323-src.tar.bz2
>> http://www.xen.org/download/HostedXen/snapshots/kxen-preview-090323-windows.zip
>>
>> Please note that there are known issues with this preview which can
>> result in a host lockup or crash!
>>
>> Please send questions and comments to xen-devel.
>>
>> Christian Limpach
>> Peter Johnston
>> Xen.org and Citrix Systems, Inc.
>>
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>

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