Anthony Liguori wrote: > Zachary Amsden wrote: >> This is by no means finished work. A few of the areas that need more >> attention and exploration are (a) 64bit support is still lacking, but we >> feel a port of VMI to the 64 bit Linux can be done without too much >> trouble (b) the Xen compatibility layer needs some work to bring it >> up to the Xen 3.0 interfaces. Work is underway on this already, and >> no major issues are expected at this time. > Hi Zach, > > Can you please post the Xen compatibility layer (even if it is for > 2.0.x). I think it's important to see that code to understand the > advantages/disadvantages compared to the existing Xen > paravirtualization interface. Likewise, any Xen performance data > would be useful as there has been some discussion about whether VMI > would negatively impact Xen performance[1]. About performance - I actually believe that it is possible to implement VMI Linux in such a way that it actually has _better_ performance on Xen than the current XenoLinux kernels. I'm working on getting together the older interface pieces now. Zach
