On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:51:53AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:26:12AM +0300, Pasi K?rkk?inen wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:07:15AM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 05:45:51PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 10:24:31PM +0100, Andy Burns wrote: > > > > > Given that xen is entering feature freeze for updated release ~August > > > > > is it too early to ask what the *hopes* are for xen in fedora10? > > > > > > > > > > xen 3.3.0 (or late rc) or is this still likely to be 3.2.1 or 3.2.2? > > > > > > > > Even though we don't have any Dom0 I'll update it to 3.3.0 for the xen > > > > RPM and hypervisor. This will at least let people build their own legacy > > > > Xen kernel from upstream's 2.6.18 xen kernel if they're lucky enough to > > > > have hardware which works with it. > > > > > > > > > > If pv_ops dom0 won't be ready for F10, would it be possible to ship > > > xensource 2.6.18 based dom0 kernel? At least that's supported upstream.. > > > > > > Would be better than nothing.. > > > > Or maybe rhel5 kernel? > > No, this is no better - it is still 2.6.18 based which is unsupportable > when Fedora is in 2.6.26 > Ok. > > I understand maintaining multiple kernels is a pain, but then again rhel5 > > (and xensource 2.6.18 xen) kernels are maintained anyway upstream.. > > It is not just multiple kernels - it is the age of the kernels - a kernel > which is 8 versions behind the non-Xen kernel is not supportable. > Yep.. I guess it would create too many problems with other packages/software assuming/needing something from the kernel. > The situation is either Dom0 pv_ops, or no Dom0 at all. Those are the > only two viable options that exist. We can't continue to waste effort > on something as old as 2.6.18 > Ok. Thanks for clearing this up (again) :) Now I just wish all the best for pv_ops dom0 work.. Anything people could help with? Any status updates? -- Pasi -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
