From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>
Cc: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>,
"xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>,
Rich Persaud <persaur@gmail.com>,
Committers <committers@xenproject.org>,
Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>,
"security@xen.org" <security@xen.org>,
Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: Radical proposal v2: Publish Amazon's verison now, Citrix's version soon
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:59:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180111165900.GZ29272@char.us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <72ad1fd7-f24b-01c3-ca2b-24a4ccffd191@citrix.com>
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 03:17:45PM +0000, George Dunlap wrote:
> On 01/10/2018 01:34 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
> > * Executive summary
> >
> > - We've agreed on a "convergence" point for PV shim functionality that
> > covers as many users as possible:
> > - 'HVM' functionality: boots in HVM mode, has support for Xen 3.4
> > event channels, &c, booted via 'sidecar'
> > - 'PVH' functionality: boots in PVH mode, booted via toolstack
> > changes
> >
> > - "Vixen" (the Amazon shim) and PVH shim (mostly developed by Citrix)
> > each cover some users and not others; neither one (yet) covers all
> > users
>
> Proposed codenames we can use for shorthand:
>
> "Vixen": Amazon's HVM+sidecar shim solution
> "Comet": Citrix's PVH+toolstack shim solution
> "Rudolph": Long-term solution combining both
>
> In the Xen mythos then, Rudolph could be the child of Vixen and Comet. :-)
<groans>
>
> Cultural references (given that 'Vixen' and 'Comet' were both developed
> in the run up to Christmas):
>
> * https://www.teachervision.com/twas-night-christmas-full-text
> *
> http://www.metrolyrics.com/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-lyrics-christmas-carols.html
>
> -George
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-10 13:34 Radical proposal v2: Publish Amazon's verison now, Citrix's version soon George Dunlap
2018-01-10 13:50 ` Jan Beulich
2018-01-10 14:40 ` Anthony Liguori
2018-01-10 16:39 ` Radical proposal v2: Publish Amazon's verison now, Citrix's version soon [and 1 more messages] Ian Jackson
2018-01-10 16:44 ` Roger Pau Monné
2018-01-10 16:48 ` George Dunlap
2018-01-10 16:50 ` Jan Beulich
2018-01-10 13:51 ` Radical proposal v2: Publish Amazon's verison now, Citrix's version soon Juergen Gross
2018-01-10 14:38 ` Lars Kurth
2018-01-10 18:38 ` Anthony Liguori
2018-01-10 17:25 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-01-11 8:12 ` Jan Beulich
2018-01-11 16:23 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-01-11 16:28 ` George Dunlap
2018-01-11 16:36 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-01-11 16:52 ` Rich Persaud
2018-01-11 16:55 ` George Dunlap
2018-01-11 16:56 ` Stefano Stabellini
2018-01-11 17:06 ` Jan Beulich
2018-01-11 15:17 ` George Dunlap
2018-01-11 16:59 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
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