From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LpA3X-0003Ch-6p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LpA3R-0003CE-P0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:13 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34100 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LpA3R-0003CB-I8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:09 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.198.247]:39850) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LpA3R-0007Zx-5x for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:09 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id l33so245036rvb.22 for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49D3FB8F.4030608@codemonkey.ws> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:41:03 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] xen: pv domain support. References: <1238621982-18333-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1238621982-18333-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Ian Jackson , Gerd Hoffmann Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > It's been a while, but after a looooooooooooong time we've (hopefully) > finally sorted the merging issues with qemu-xen. So here is a fresh > version of the xen support for qemu patch series. Short overview > (individual patches have longer descriptions): > Have these made their way into qemu-xen-unstable? If not, has Ian at least Acked them? Regards, Anthony Liguori > #1 - groundwork for xen support (makefiles, configure, ...). > #2 - backend driver core (common code used by all backends). > #3 - add console backend driver. > #4 - add framebuffer backend driver. > > With these four patches in place upstream qemu is functional aequivalent > to qemu-xen for paravirtual guests. The patches are merged into > qemu-xen already, with the exception of a few framebuffer bits which got > hold back due to displaystate work. > > #5 - add block device backend driver. > #6 - add net backend driver. > > These two patches add backend drivers for disk and network to qemu. > > #7 - blk & nic configuration via cmd line. > #8 - pv domain builder. > #9 - simplify vga selection > #10 - add -vga xenfb option, configure xenfb > > These patches add support to qemu for creating xen pv guests. That way > one can run xen guests without xend. Patch #8 is the domain builder > code itself. The other patches add support for configuring devices (fb, > disk, nic) via command line. > > cheers, > Gerd > > > >