Re: [Xen-devel] KXen preview now available

[Jun Koi <junkoi2004@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is exciting!

Some quick questions: how much code is shared between Xen and KXen?
And how Xen and KXen code are parallel maintained in the future?

Thanks,
Jun

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Christian Limpach
<christian.limpach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The initial public release of the Hosted Xen project (KXen) is now
> available.  KXen lets you run the Xen core as a Type-2 VMM, on top of
> a regular operating system.  This release supports 32-bit Windows XP,
> Vista and Win7 as the host operating system.  This release uses a
> snapshot of the Xen core used in Citrix's XenServer product.  Future
> releases will be based on open source xen-3.4 and xen-unstable.  This
> release is in the form of a snapshot of the latest working sources
> (kxen-preview-090323-src.tar.bz2) and an archive of binaries built
> from those sources (kxen-preview-090323-windows.zip).
>
> Xen is the leading open source Type-1 VMM, providing a fast, robust
> and secure virtualization platform.  KXen leverages the Xen
> technology, extending the range of environments in which the same core
> engine can be used to existing desktops, laptops and allowing
> scenarios like run from usb stick.
>
> Work is underway to support MacOSX as the host, as well as 64-bit
> versions of Windows.  The windows 32-bit host code is designed such
> that it is easy to port to other host operating systems.
>
> URLs:
> http://www.xen.org/download/HostedXen/snapshots/kxen-preview-090323-src.tar.bz2
> http://www.xen.org/download/HostedXen/snapshots/kxen-preview-090323-windows.zip
>
> Please note that there are known issues with this preview which can
> result in a host lockup or crash!
>
> Please send questions and comments to xen-devel.
>
> Christian Limpach
> Peter Johnston
> Xen.org and Citrix Systems, Inc.
>
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