Re: [Xen-devel] [Q]Which part of Xen is in slated for 2.6.23 kernel release?

["pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Keir,
On 7/21/07, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 21/7/07 10:50, "pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Is Xen really a part of official 2.6.23 kernel now?
>
> Yes, assuming the patches are not dropped again from Linus's tree before
> 2.6.23 is released. But that is unlikely. They've had lots of testing and
> review.
great news!!!
> > If yes i would like to ask
> >  - what is accepted by Linus in the mainline kernel?
> >  - Is it just the hypervisor code?
> >  - What about dom0?
>
> The scope of the patches is domU guest support. Vanilla linux 2.6.23 will
> not support running as dom0 (Jeremy is working on this for a future Linux
> release). Nor does it contain the hypervisor code itself -- you have to
> obtain the Xen hypervisor separately from the kernel sources.
Great!!!
So this means 2.6.23 vanilla kernel can be compiled as a domU natively, right?

Thanks for the info Keir.

Regards

---
pradeep singh rautela

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