From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Wright Subject: What is the current state of Dom0 kernel support? Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:35:48 +0100 Message-ID: <4A3AC144.9010602@overnetdata.com> References: <652FFB2C8F91E3428799B1FFF8B490C95FCF55132A@FTLPMAILBOX01.citrite.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <652FFB2C8F91E3428799B1FFF8B490C95FCF55132A@FTLPMAILBOX01.citrite.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "'xen-devel@lists.xensource.com'" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org I've seen a number of posts relating to dom0 support in more recent kernel versions, but I'm unsure what the current situation is and wondered if somebody might be able clarify things. I saw a lot of activity around 2.6.30 to get the dom0 patches accepted into the mainline kernel, but now while I believe the 2.6.31 merge window is open I see very little activity. There was an interesting thread prior to the merge window opening on the subject of dom0 support and wondered if as a result of this there's been a decision not to try to get the patches accepted at this time? If this is the case is there a plan to try again in the future? I also saw a thread from Kier recently on the subject of the xenbits linux trees, and wondered if any decision came out of that? Within the thread I saw mention of a number of other kernel patch sets that offer dom0 in a more recent kernels, but certain features seem to be missing from each one. If I wanted to to use a more recent kernel for dom0 within the next 3 months what options are available, and do these options have any limitations? thanks, Anthony Wright.