Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.0 Feature Set

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

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
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> >>    2. mailto:stephen.spector@xxxxxxx
> >>    3. http://blog.xen.org/
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Sander                            mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 

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