Re: [Xen-devel] Radical proposal v2: Publish Amazon's verison now, Citrix's version soon

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 03:17:45PM +0000, George Dunlap wrote:
> On 01/10/2018 01:34 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
> > * Executive summary
> > 
> > - We've agreed on a "convergence" point for PV shim functionality that
> >   covers as many users as possible:
> >  - 'HVM' functionality: boots in HVM mode, has support for Xen 3.4
> >    event channels, &c, booted via 'sidecar'
> >  - 'PVH' functionality: boots in PVH mode, booted via toolstack
> >    changes
> > 
> > - "Vixen" (the Amazon shim) and PVH shim (mostly developed by Citrix)
> >   each cover some users and not others; neither one (yet) covers all
> >   users
> 
> Proposed codenames we can use for shorthand:
> 
> "Vixen": Amazon's HVM+sidecar shim solution
> "Comet": Citrix's PVH+toolstack shim solution
> "Rudolph": Long-term solution combining both
> 
> In the Xen mythos then, Rudolph could be the child of Vixen and Comet. :-)

<groans>

> 
> Cultural references (given that 'Vixen' and 'Comet' were both developed
> in the run up to Christmas):
> 
> * https://www.teachervision.com/twas-night-christmas-full-text
> *
> http://www.metrolyrics.com/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-lyrics-christmas-carols.html
> 
>  -George

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