Re: [Xen-devel] Future of xenbits Linux trees

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:58:01AM +0100, Jean Guyader wrote:
> 2009/6/5 Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > wrote:
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> With 3.4 out the door it is time to revisit the state of our Linux
> >> repositories. Currently we have a number of trees in various states of
> >> maintenance:
> >>  - linux-2.6.18-xen.hg: the 'original' tree. Still maintained, used and
> >> tested but increasingly long in the tooth.
> >>  - ext/linux-2.6.27-xen.hg: a snapshot of opensuse's kernel port. This
> >> clones tree is not maintained or tested.
> >>  - XCI/linux-2.6.27.git: a forward port of the Xen patches to 2.6.27.
> >> Maintained as part of XCI project.
> >>  - Jeremy's pv_ops patches against kernel.org: maintained, (somewhat)
> >> tested, but incomplete.
> >>
> >> It is probably time to kill the 2.6.18 tree, or at least stop active
> >> development within it. It is increasingly a kludged collection of backports
> >> of more recent kernel patches, and is also missing a lot of drivers for 
> >> more
> >> modern hardware.
> >>
> >> Our proposal is to move XCI's linux-2.6.27 tree out of the XCI subproject
> >> and make it the main user tree. Development and automated testing would
> >> occur on that tree and of course on Jeremy's pv_ops patchset (which we want
> >> to completely move onto at some point in the future).
> >>
> >> What do people think of this as a plan?
> >>
> >>  -- Keir
> >
> > I think 2.6.27 is already out of date and you should start with 2.6.29
> > using my rebased patches, people have been using them since I did
> > 2.6.25 and 2.6.29 is the most stable one yet, as Boris said in another
> > thread the xenbits 2.6.27 tree does not shutdown cleanly but 2.6.29
> > does, I'm sure that could be fixed but right now I dont know of any
> > issues with 2.6.29 at all, so why not make the jump to the current
> > stable kernel :).
> >
> > XCI should update to 2.6.29 as well.
> >
> > I use pci passthrough with a pci express usb2 card, I also use scsi
> > passthrough with a ultrium tape drive, usually running several windows
> > hvm's and a couple of 2.6.29 pv domU's as well, no problems.
> >
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> Where could I get this 2.6.29 from?
> 

I believe from here:
http://gentoo-xen-kernel.googlecode.com/files/xen-patches-2.6.29-6.tar.bz2

At least that URL he posted in the other recent dom0 kernel thread.

-- Pasi

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