Re: [Vserver] Re: [Xen-users] Xen + VServer

[aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/5/05, Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > yes, xen is just _another_ arch and once it will be in
> > mainline (IIRC they are working on it), we will of course
> > support it out of the box (as we do for UML now)
> 
> Yep, they're working on it now.  It's in the Real Soon Now category, just
> needs some restructuring.  Of possible interest to you is that Xen will be a
> sub arch of i386 rather than a separate architecture when it's properly
> merged.  IIRC only really arch dep stuff in Vserver is the addition of the
> syscalls - that code should all be common to Xen and i386 so you probably
> won't have to do much (anything) to support it.
> 
> > > It'd be good if a reference to this patch could be added to the Xen
> > > wiki at http://wiki.xensource.com so that other people know where to
> > > find it.
> >
> > well, feel free to add links to linux-vserver or to
> > patches there ... we have a link to Xen (not the wiki)
> > on our wiki since ... hmm, well for a very long time now
> 
> I saw it a while back.  If Michal is agreeable (i.e. if he's reasonably happy
> with the patch) I'll make sure it goes onto the Xen wiki so that people can
> ue the two together.
> 
> > well, we all would love to see linux-vserver in mainline,
> > but I guess the disadvantages of trying to get it into
> > mainline (less performant code, only partial implementation,
> > two branches to maintain) would easily outweight the
> > advantages ...
> 
> Ack.  In the meantime I'll continue hoping that one day we'll see the mainline
> incorporate vserver in a way that makes everyone happy :-)

Vserver people tried to push it into mainline for several times, but
got some objections. I heard that SElinux people were against it, as
they said that they could extend SElinux to cover Vserver function, so
including Vserver into kernel was not necessary ;-)

Looks like Vserver people dont mind it, so I guess we will not see
Vserver in mainline very soon.


regards,
aq

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