Xen support

[Mircea MITU]

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 05:18 +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> > 
> > I can help the KernelTeam (or the XenTeam?) testing Xen bits.
> 
> I think start sharing your experience and requirement would be a good
> idea.
> 

My experience with Xen is limited to
http://cosi.clarkson.edu/knowledge/workshops/sp05/installingxen/xen-tutorial.html and Xen under Fedora (Development 3 and Core 4).

I was able to run a dom0 domain and to install FC (using an image of an
installed system) and Hoary/Sarge (using debootstrap) under several domU
domains.

The pitfall was that I wasn't able to use Lirc/remote control or NVidia
3D acceleration under Xen domains (0 or U)


> What exactly do you expect from xen packages and why? 

1. linux-image-dom0, linux-image-domU Ubuntu packages using the same
config as the official linux-image packages (when possible)
2. xen tools Ubuntu packages
(to not "abuse" third-party binaries anymore ;)

On my wishlist:
- xen configuration wizard (debconf and/or gui)
- debian/ubuntu-installer with xenU support to install a new Ubuntu
system into a xen domU
- amd64 support (I know that this is planned for Xen 3.0)

In the end, I expect to be able to replace VMWare, qemu/bochs and
vservers in day-by-day operations with Xen in the following roles:
- testing (apps/platforms/configurations)
- isolation of several network services

Also, domain migration over xen nodes will be a great advantage also ;)




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