Re: Re: ports

[Rich Persaud <rich.p@xensource.com>]

Ronald G. Minnich wrote:

>On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, maru wrote:
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>>(and seriously, who uses Plan 9?  yeah, It's got some very cool
>>features, but was it worth porting?)
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>This type of question, appearing on a research list, still amazes me.
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>Yes, the port was worth the effort. 
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>ron
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This is what happens when you don't separate xen-users from 
xen-developers. 

Having said that, when I was compiling the index of virtualization 
papers, I could not find papers on the nuances of Xen porting.    
Perhaps this is not a common research topic in virtualization because 
other para-virtualization efforts have not attracted as many ports as 
Xen.  An index of Xen porting resources could help future ports.  In the 
absence of papers, are there known mailing list threads or other notes 
that could be compiled into an index?  E.g. a comparison of the Plan 9 
and NetBSD ports.

Rich


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