Xen 4.1 doesn't support HVM domUs
Serge E. Hallyn
serge.hallyn at canonical.com
Tue Jul 19 12:28:45 UTC 2011
Oops, chuck is out this week. Adding the whole ubuntu-server
list. Thanks for collecting all that info, Boris.
-serge
Quoting Boris Derzhavets (bderzhavets at yahoo.com):
> I have tested Chuck's source and rebuilt it one more time.
> Nothing is there . I mean patches for HVM support.
>
> Boris.
>
> --- On Tue, 7/19/11, Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: Xen 4.1 doesn't support HVM domUs
> To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Serge Hallyn" <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>, zulcss at ubuntu.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 7:54 AM
>
> Quoting Boris Derzhavets (bderzhavets at yahoo.com):
> > Serge,
> >
> > I have enough info captured on the Net, having actually same content as
> > bug :-
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen/+bug/811951
> >
> > Yours choice of 4.1 Hypervisor appears to be , unfortunately, very bad
> > luck. If you don't like spice , it's up to you.
> > But Xen Host not supporting HVM domUs , having broken VFB ( for PV
> > DomuS) that's really bad.
> > Believe me, F16 will have either 4.2 stable or 4.1 properly patched.
> > 4.2 Unstable supports HVM.
> > The question is : which set of CS's is responsible for this fix to be
> > placed in debian/patches.
>
> It may be Chuck (cc:d) or else he'd know.
>
> > Sorry, to write you that, you didn't track Xen development during
> > several years. Finally, Windows 7.5 might be assembled
> > and named Ubuntu Oneiric.
>
> thanks,
> -serge
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