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Re: [Xen-users] Ubuntu Server 11.04 comes with a ParaVirtOPS dom0 enable

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Ubuntu Server 11.04 comes with a ParaVirtOPS dom0 enabled kernel out-of-the-box!
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:56:20 -0800
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On 12/06/2010 01:58 PM, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:

On 06/12/10 21:15, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote:
Guys,

 Check this out!

lsb_radministrativo@natty01:~$ lsb_release -ra
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release:    11.04
Codename:    natty

administrativo@natty01:~$ grep -i xen /boot/config-2.6.37-7-generic-pae
CONFIG_XEN=y
CONFIG_XEN_DOM0=y
CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST=y
CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM=y
CONFIG_XEN_MAX_DOMAIN_MEMORY=128
CONFIG_XEN_SAVE_RESTORE=y
# CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS is not set
CONFIG_PCI_XEN=y
CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_FRONTEND=m
CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=m
CONFIG_NETXEN_NIC=m
CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=m
CONFIG_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND=m
CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
CONFIG_XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND=m
# Xen driver support
CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON=y
CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES=y
CONFIG_XEN_DEV_EVTCHN=m
CONFIG_XENFS=m
CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_XENFS=y
CONFIG_XEN_SYS_HYPERVISOR=y
CONFIG_XEN_PLATFORM_PCI=m
CONFIG_SWIOTLB_XEN=y


 I know that the Ubuntu 11.04 will be shipped with the Linux 2.6.38, wich probably will come with the needed backend drivers!

 Now I'm working to test the Xen 4.0.1 compiled from sources but, used with the default Ubuntu Kernel!

 I'll post the results here!

 BTW, I'm working on a new Xen 4 Ubuntu Packages, that will include all Xen stuff, like blktap2, netchannel2, HVM and stubdomains, etc... Because the Ubuntu does not provide the latest Xen version...

Cheers!
Thiago

This is interesting, as I thought that the Ubuntu folks were backing KVM....
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This has more to do with xen-compatible paravirt support being adopted into the mainline kernel than it does with any Ubuntu policy, I believe.  KVM is in the kernel.  The Xenlinux patches were proving too administratively difficult to apply and support, from what I understand.

And since it's going into the kernel, all distros will have the option to enable xen pv_ops in their kernels.  Whether they support it with frontend management tools is another issue....

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