From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rik van Riel Subject: Re: Timeline for migrating to newer Linux kernels? Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:21:57 -0500 Message-ID: <45985425.6010307@redhat.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "Zulauf, John" Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Zulauf, John wrote: > What is the schedule/plan for moving the Xen linux kernel development to > the something far nearer the tip of the kernel.org tree? This has been an ongoing issue for well over the last year. XenSource has usually been less than useful when it comes to tracking the upstream kernel. I suspect they'll be obsoleted by KVM and/or lhype at some point in the future, because those will just be there in the upstream kernel while Xen won't. If XenSource has any intention of having Xen stay relevant in the future, they'll want to seriously pursue an upstream merge of their code. At the moment Xen is still the leader when it comes to features and performance (http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/TechComparison), but who knows how long that will last? -- Politics is the struggle between those who want to make their country the best in the world, and those who believe it already is. Each group calls the other unpatriotic.