[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] qemu-upstream stubdom - status?
On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 11:49:43AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Eric Shelton <eshelton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Where does this feature stand currently? It pops up under a couple of names > > and proposed implementations (e.g., "qemu-xen stubdomains", "qemu-upstream > > stubdom, Linux", and "qemu-upstream stubdom, BSD libc"), so it seems likely > > I missed something. > > > > If I understand this email from Sept 2013 > > (http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-09/msg02881.html), > > qemu-xen stubdomains might have made it into 4.4 if the schedule had been > > slipped a little, suggesting some active effort. On the other hand, the > > same email designated the efforts attached to Anthony and Ian as "prognosis: > > ?". Anthony released a patchset/branch about a year ago, but that got > > sidelined in favor of getting Xen on ARM. However, I did not identify any > > more recent patches. > > > > It remains appealing to make use of the more recent developments in > > qemu-upstream, but with the isolation provided by a stubdomain. The many > > improvements made in teasing driver domains out of dom0 strengthen this > > appeal (for example, using OpenSolaris as a ZFS-based storage domain). > > > > What are the most recent patches or repository for this feature? > > I think stubdomains for qemu-xen should be a blocker for 4.5. > > The only thing that's missing for stubdoms, AFAIK, is an integrated > way to deploy the stubdom VM in which qemu-xen can run. > qemu-traditional uses minios with a version of newlib (IIRC) ported to > it. The problem at the moment is that qemu-xen requires much more > from its libc than newlib provides. There are several potential > solutions that have been investigated: > > 1. Use Linux with glibc. [...] > #1 involves mainly trying to cut down the Linux kernel and the guest > FS as small as possible. Anthony spent some time on #1 in the 4.3 and > 4.4 development cycles, and I think got the image down to 32MB. > That's still fairly large, however; and I think he got stuck trying to > integrate an image builder into the Xen build system. [...] > If you're looking for a solution to use right now, I'm sure Anthony > can point you to wherever he left off. I have this branch that is the most recent work I have: git://xenbits.xen.org/people/aperard/xen-unstable.git branch: stubdom `make -C stubdom-linux` should make you an image. Unfortunatly, there is no video output that can be seen, so a guest is only accessible through the serial console or the network. And there are probably many other issues. Hope that help, -- Anthony PERARD _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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