WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-devel

Re: [Xen-devel] Balloon driver for Linux/HVM

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Balloon driver for Linux/HVM
From: Daniel Kiper <dkiper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:06:33 +0100
Cc: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chu Rui <ruichu@xxxxxxxxx>, Daniel Kiper <dkiper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:09:17 -0800
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <4CED5F46.5050004@xxxxxxxx>
List-help: <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
References: <AANLkTimG5Z3FFrKc21Mtfg-q3eF-aEPEeWZ1cfEDqB7D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1011161133350.2373@kaball-desktop> <1ae18b.16279.12c547ff769.Coremail.topperxin@xxxxxxx> <AANLkTinEEc=3rFaoWBPrD4zrGU_dqR5s4rmW74jJH543@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <AANLkTimgiR1a_BYQiTLK=5pKtfqH7LNaS2CNgYAimpeO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <AANLkTim6MWmcLOJrAjf5K9ydAUGXuOnbw-0KGvLqACtn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <AANLkTi=5Vzv9Jh5kdKN55WVak9Y5Axy7tq60RYJCe-7G@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <c105e25b-f252-4643-94d3-93161f48d0ff@default> <20101122095146.GA2455@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <4CED5F46.5050004@xxxxxxxx>
Sender: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Mutt/1.3.28i
Hi,

Sorry for late reply, however I am very busy now.

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:53:58AM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 11/22/2010 01:51 AM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:32:35PM -0800, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> >> What is the difference between 2.6.36 balloon driver and Jeremy's
> >> xen/balloon tree head?  I think ideally the kernel version for
> >> development should be the latest (2.6.36).
> > I know that the best practice is to base new work on the
> > latest stable kernel version, however I am not sure that it is
> > the case there. xen/balloon head contains most of neweset fixes
> > and improvments which are not merged into current stable till
> > now. That is why I think we should start from this and later
> > merge it with current stable. However, maybe Jeremy may have
> > better view of which version would be better for the start
> > of development.
> >
>
> The big difference between xen/balloon and current mainline is hugepage
> support, which is not yet in an upstreamable state.  Aside from that,
> current upstream balloon driver (in current git, post 2.6.37-rc3) is
> equivalent, and would make a good base for development.
>
> The main difference between .37-rc and .36 is support for boot-time
> ballooning, but the changes to the balloon driver to support that are
> small, so .36 would probably make a reasonable base as well.

Thx. I will prepare patches for 2.6.36.

Daniel

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • Re: [Xen-devel] Balloon driver for Linux/HVM, Daniel Kiper <=