On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:37:00AM +0100, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
> Hello Pasi,
>
> Yes it's a transition period, with the new kernel not being complete in terms
> of xen functionality, but more complete and recent in terms of linux hardware
> drivers.
> The same will apply for blktap2, and perhaps netchannel2 as well unless those
> get fixed in time.
> Wish i could help, but i lack the programming skills to do so.
>
Yeah. A couple of days ago I made a change in
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels
to highlight that pv_ops dom0 is the kernel everyone should be using, testing
and developing against.
Hopefully we'll start getting more contributions to pv_ops now when Xen 4.0 is
using it.
> Haven't seen a reaction from Stephen yet if there is a
> hypervisor/dom0-kernel-xen-related boot options document available as start
> for a new wiki.
>
I made this yesterday:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenHypervisorBootOptions
Now we just need to fill in the actual content :) Wanna help?
-- Pasi
>
> --
> Sander
>
>
> Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:29:36 AM, you wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:26:23AM +0100, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
> >> Hello Pasi,
> >>
> >> PV-USB is not yet in the default pvops kernel that is going to ship with
> >> 4.0 or am i mistaken ?
> >> Will it before 4.0 comes out ?
> >>
>
> > True, it's only in Xen and in linux-2.6.18-xen.
>
> >> This could deliver some confusion, if the hypervisor supports things it's
> >> default dom0 kernel doesn't yet.
> >>
>
> > Yep. Need to make that clear in the release notes. The other features need
> > more explanations aswell.
>
> > -- Pasi
>
> >> --
> >> Sander
> >>
> >> Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 9:07:47 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 08:35:46PM +0200, Sassy Natan wrote:
> >> >> What About PV-USB support?
> >> >>
> >>
> >> > Yeah, PV-USB is there, and also VGA Passthrough.
> >>
> >> > -- Pasi
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 1/27/10, Stephen Spector <[1]stephen.spector@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Developers:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I have started work on our Xen 4.0 Datasheet which will allow
> >> >> customers/prospects/users to learn about the newest hypervisor
> >> >> offering
> >> >> from Xen.org. I currently have the following list in the document:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> · Kernel Upgrade
> >> >>
> >> >> o PVOps Dom0 Kernel based on Linux (version number)
> >> >>
> >> >> · Blktap2
> >> >>
> >> >> o Support VHD format
> >> >>
> >> >> o Snapshot virtual disks
> >> >>
> >> >> o Command-line invocation method
> >> >>
> >> >> · High Availability (Project Remus & Kemari)
> >> >>
> >> >> o Up to date replica of a VM on backup server
> >> >>
> >> >> · Netchannel2
> >> >>
> >> >> o Lazy copy in guest
> >> >>
> >> >> o Support multi-queue NIC, Smart NIC, SR-IOV
> >> >>
> >> >> · Page Sharing
> >> >>
> >> >> o VMs share identical pages in memory
> >> >>
> >> >> · Libxenlight
> >> >>
> >> >> o High level operations shared across all Xen toolstacks
> >> >>
> >> >> · Support for Virtualization-aware Applications
> >> >>
> >> >> · Transcendent Memory * RAM utilization capabilities
> >> >>
> >> >> · Multi-function PCI pass-through
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Please let me know if I missed a feature or if I need to make any
> >> >> changes to this list. Thanks.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Stephen Spector
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Xen.org Community Manager
> >> >>
> >> >> T: (772) 621-5062 | F: (772) 365-0338 | M: (954) 854-4257
> >> >>
> >> >> [2]stephen.spector@xxxxxxx
> >> >>
> >> >> [3]http://blog.xen.org | @xen_com_mgr
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> >>
> >> >> References
> >> >>
> >> >> Visible links
> >> >> 1. mailto:stephen.spector@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> 2. mailto:stephen.spector@xxxxxxx
> >> >> 3. http://blog.xen.org/
> >> >> 4. mailto:Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> 5. http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best regards,
> >> Sander mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Sander mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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