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[Xen-users] Re: [Fedora-xen] another xen build and pvops kernel

To: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] Re: [Fedora-xen] another xen build and pvops kernel
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:42:10 +0300
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 07:49:29AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>    Just wondering why [1]kernel-2.6.32.23-170.xendom0.fc12.src.rpm cannot
>    make itself
>    into F14. It seems pretty stable. Why it cannot be just a package
>    available via "yum install" . Anyway Fedora's Libvirt has the best
>    compatibility with Xen 4.0.1.
>    It's not too late switch back to Xen with PVOPS kernel. XenLinux 2.6.34.7
>    aka Suse
>    is really dangerous . It outperforms pvops kernel about 15-20 % under Xen
>    4.0.1.
>

- How did you measure this performance difference? 
- Did you make sure kernel configuration is similar for both kernel types? 
Many pvops .configs have various debugging options enabled that kill the 
performance..

-- Pasi

>    I don't mention KVM performance. It's not a competitor for OpenSuse 11.3
>    after the
>    most recent "zypper update"
> 
>    Boris.
> 
>    --- On Mon, 10/18/10, M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>      From: M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>      Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] another xen build
>      To: xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:17 AM
> 
>      There is less urgency to test now because 4.0.1-6.fc14 has now made it
>      into F14 in time for the release. You can of course continue to test if
>      you want to.
> 
>          Michael Young
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