[Pkg-xen-devel] Is linux-image-2.6.27-amd64-xen on the way?

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:18:33AM +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Thomas Goirand schreef:
> > Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> >> Thomas Goirand schreef:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I was wondering if you guys are working on a
> >>> linux-image-2.6.27-amd64-xen? That would be great!
> >> It's better to ask that in het kernel-mailinglist I think. I expect
> >> there will be a 2.6.27 kernel in backports after Lenny has been
> >> released, but without security-support.
> 
> Stupid of me: it will also be without Xen dom0 support, I expect. So
> your work on backporting networkdrivers is not useless.
> 

I assume -xen kernels in Debian testing/sid are the ones with the 
Novell/SLES Xenlinux patches in.. so they do have Xen dom0 support. 
(forward ported from Xensource Xenlinux 2.6.18 tree).

See earlier discussions about this.

> But I saw Jeremy Fitzhardinge has published patches for a dom0 in the
> main kernel. He hopes they will be published in Linux 2.6.29:
> http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Kernel-Log-New-graphics-drivers-and-Linux-versions-Dom0-patches-for-2-6-29--/news/111972
> 

pv_ops based dom0 support that is currently planned for Linux 2.6.29 is a
different thing. It'll appear in the standard/vanilla Debian kernel after it's
accepted/merged upstream. There's no need for separate -xen or dom0 kernel after
that. 

Current vanilla kernels contain pv_ops Xen domU only. 

More information about pv_ops Xen kernel development:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps

-- Pasi