From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Fehlig Subject: Re: [PATCH] Convert libxl driver to Xen 4.2 Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:14:19 -0700 Message-ID: <50B4D8CB.1070303@suse.com> References: <1353968895-16014-1-git-send-email-jfehlig@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: George Dunlap Cc: libvir-list@redhat.com, "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org George Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Jim Fehlig > wrote: > > Based on a patch originally authored by Daniel De Graaf > > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-05/msg00565.html > > This patch converts the Xen libxl driver to support only Xen >= 4.2. > Support for Xen 4.1 libxl is dropped since that version of libxl is > designated 'technology preview' only and is incompatible with Xen 4.2 > libxl. Additionally, the default toolstack in Xen 4.1 is still xend, > for which libvirt has a stable, functional driver. > > > Great! Just one question -- does this patch add any new functionality > (e.g., migration for libxl), or just switch the existing functionality > over to the new interface? This patch just switches all existing functionality to the new libxl interface. There are other patches in the oven which add new functionality. Regards, Jim