Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Oct 19

Dor Laor
2010-10-20T12:16:32Z

On 10/20/2010 10:21 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
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> On 19.10.2010, at 17:14, Chris Wright wrote:
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>> 0.13.X -stable
>> - Anthony will send note to qemu-devel on this
>> - move 0.13.X -stable to a separate tree
>> - driven independently of main qemu tree
>> - challenge is always in the porting and testing of backported fixes
>> - looking for volunteers
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>> 0.14
>> - would like to do this before end of the year
>> - 0.13 forked off a while back (~July),
>> - 0.14 features
>> - QMP stabilized
>> - 0.13.0 -> 0.14 QMP
>> - hard attempt not to break compatibility
>> - new commands, rework, async, human monitor passthrough
>> - goal getting to libvirt not needing human monitor at all
>> - QMP KVM autotest test suite submitted
>> - in-kernel apic, tpr patching still outstanding
>> - QED coroutine concurrency
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> Would it be realistic to declare deprecating the qemu-kvm fork for 0.14 as goal?
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>> Live snapshots
>> - merge snapshot?
>> - already supported, question about mgmt of snapshot chain
>> - integrate with fsfreeze (and windows alternative)
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>> Guest Agent
>> - have one coming RSN (poke Anthony for details)
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> Would there be a chance to have a single agent for everyone, so that we actually form a Qemu agent instead of a dozen individual ones? I'm mainly thinking Spice here.

More important than the number of instances is the usage of common
framework. Here is the link to the Matahari project:
https://fedorahosted.org/matahari/wiki/API

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