Hello Pasi,
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:41:05 AM, you wrote:
> 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.
Perhaps a more formal request to contributors of features that are currently
lacking in pvops about how they see the transition of there contribution to
pvops kernel ?
So there can be made some sort of overview of the intentions, and perhaps an
estimation if it will be in time for 4.0, so it can be documented ?
>> 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
Yes i want to help, i was just waiting for Stephen to react if there is or is
not a document to start from :-)
This is one thing i can contribute with i think :-)
-- Sander
>>
>> --
>> 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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