[Xen-devel] Re: Xen dom0 kernels / wiki page?

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pasi,

The pv_ops dom0 does indeed seem not yet ready for general use. The fact we
made it the default kernel to build in xen-unstable.hg was not to suggest
that it was however, but to get more exposure and testing from the developer
community.

>From a user point of view, some documentation would be great, no doubt. The
2.6.18 tree is still available (and still the default kernel for 3.4 branch
and earlier). Then there are the 2.6.27 trees based on the suse port (e.g.,
xenbits/XCI, which could potentially be pulled out of the XCI project and
made a first-class maintenance tree in its own right). And Andrew's 2.6.29
tree...

If someone wants to actively maintain a 2.6.29+ tree based on the 'suse
port' / 'classic Xen patches' and wants xenbits space for that reason, we'd
be happy to oblige.

 -- Keir

On 30/06/2009 13:07, "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Keir: What's the current plan with the dom0 kernels? pv_ops dom0 will be the
> new 'standard' for development and testing?
> 
> There are a lot of confused people asking about Xen dom0 kernels on mailing
> lists, on irc, on forums, everywhere..
> 
> I think we should create a xenwiki page that explains the current dom0
> kernel options, where to get them and how to use them.
> 
> I think we should also list the OpenSUSE forward-ports, since they're still
> easier and more stable option than pv_ops dom0 for average user.
> 
> Would it be clever to make trees for these forward-ports on xenbits, and let
> the
> community (Andrew Lyon and others) to maintain them.. just making sure users
> understand they're "temporary" for the time being, and community maintained?
> 
> All the new development efforts should be obviously used to pv_ops dom0..
> 
> Just trying to think of all the confused users out there..
> 
> -- Pasi



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