Re: [Xen-devel] Migration v2 and related work for 4.6

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/04/15 13:00, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 10:34:34AM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 02/04/15 10:03, Ian Campbell wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 12:03 +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>>> I propose that the libxc series be accepted independently of the libxl
>>>> series.
>>> That is most likely a good idea IMHO.
>>>
>>> What do you estimate the chances of the libxl bit being done for 4.6 to
>>> be?
>> I hope to have everything complete for 4.6, including removal of the
>> legacy code.
>>
> Not sure what "legacy code" you're referring to, but we definitely want
> to support 4.5 -> 4.6 migration so the "legacy code" might need to stay
> for 4.6?

"legacy migration" is what currently exists.

Backwards compatibility is provided by a short python script which
converts legacy to v2.

Once the libxl changes are complete, xc_domain_save.c and
xc_domain_restore.c can be deleted, along with other assorted bits and
pieces.

~Andrew

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