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Re: [Xen-devel] x2d2



On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:12 +0000, Andrew Warfield wrote:
> We are in the process of some fairly major revisions to the control
> tools.  I think that the general expectation is that 3.0 will show
> some pretty big changes to the control interfaces and tools.  The
> unstable tree now has a control switch (xcs) which sits under xend and
> allows other applications to be written to use the control channels
> without needing to modify xend.  We are hoping to move towards small,
> single-purpose management tools in dom0.
> 
> This should all start to appear in the unstable tree over the next
> couple of months.
> 
> a.
> 
Do you have plans you can share regarding these revisions to the control
tools?  I am exploring needs within my organization for management tools
on Xen.  Besides being interested in what you have planned, I can 
contribute assistance - development, testing, etc.

Thanks.

              Michael

> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:58:46 -0800, Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacobg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > > Jacob Gorm Hansen wrote:
> > >
> > >> hi,
> > >>
> > >> is x2d2 (the minimal xend replacement in C if I understand correctly)
> > >> still alive? I do not have bk at the moment, but grepping on x2d2 in
> > >> the Changelog file only has a comment back from November. I can make
> > >> it compile by removing -Werror from the Makefile, but is anyone using
> > >> it and working on it, or is it a dead end?
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't think so.  It shouldn't actually work anymore.  It doesn't do
> > > proper notifications on event channels.  There's also a bug in the way
> > > ports are allocated.
> > >
> > > Is there still interest in x2d2 (or any C-based minimal xend)?  I think
> > > I could fix x2d2 pretty easily.
> > >
> > 
> > Yes, lots of interest from me, the python xend effectively keeps me from
> > running Xen 2.0, so I am still stuck with 1.3. The stock xend uses too
> > much memory, provides too much functionality, and depends on too many
> > third-party packages -- not the ideal specs for the minimal trusted
> > computing base I am trying to develop :-(
> > 
> > Jacob
> > 

> 
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