Re: [Xen-devel] xen.git plans / 2.6.32 long-term stable kernel

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:32:00PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:37:41PM +0200, Sassy Natan wrote:
> > I wonder when the Linux group will decide to include xen dom0 support in
> > the mainline?
> 
> Based on Jeremy's November presentation, that's not actually that important,
> because the dom0 paravirt_ops support doesn't have a pressing need to
> qualify for mainline Linux inclusion standards, while there is a practical
> matter of it needing to become a qualified replacement for the old 2.6.18
> kernel Xen patch. That patch has continued to be forward-ported to newer
> versions and shipped with distribution kernels, which is what most users
> use, but that process is becoming untenable as the kernel versions continue
> to diverge.
> 

Yesterday I changed http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels to hilight 
that pv_ops dom0 is the kernel people should be testing and using nowadays.

-- Pasi


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