[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] xend deprecation
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:12:51AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote: > On 04/09/13 17:33, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 04:34:30PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > >>On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 16:18 +0100, George Dunlap wrote: > >>>On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > >>><konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 08:29:07AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > >>>>>On Tue, 2013-09-03 at 23:06 -0700, Matt Wilson wrote: > >>>>>>On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 09:03:46AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > >>>>>>>On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 13:32 -0700, Matt Wilson wrote: > >>>>>>>>Live migration between a system running xend to a system that doesn't > >>>>>>>>support xend would be a nice-to-have. That probably means some support > >>>>>>>>for SXP parsing either in libxl or in some compatibility tool. > >>>>>>>This already works by using xl on the source side, e.g. a guest started > >>>>>>>with xend on 4.1 can be migrated with 4.1's xl to 4.2. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg02191.html > >>>>>>xl doesn't run everywhere that we need it to. > >>>>>Details please, or we aren't going to be able to even think about how to > >>>>>solve this for you. > >>>>> > >>>>>BTW You can also do a xend migration to e.g. 4.2 (using the xend whichis > >>>>>in 4.2) and the use 4.2's xl to do a localhost migrate or a second > >>>>>remote migrate to another 4.2 system. > >>>>> > >>>>>xend's deprecation has been on the cards, and widely known, for several > >>>>>releases now. It is time to quit stalling and start moving. I intend to > >>>>>post a patch deleting it as soon as 4.4 is out the door. > >>>>And I think I might have to lobby hard against removing it. > >>If by lobby you mean "step up to maintain" then please do. > >I can surely do that, but I would prefer to have the issues fixed. > > You mean you prefer to have the xl issues fixed? I think we all do; > so instead of lobbying hard to remove xend, you can lobby hard to > get the outstanding issues fixed. :-) Of course I would love to have the issues fixes. But I am running in a time management problem and I don't thing we will get them all (along with the other changes we (Oracle) would like to get done) by the deadline. Hence as a safety net I am proposing that if we don't get them done, we postpone the killing of xend. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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