[Pkg-xen-devel] [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

Bastian Blank waldi at debian.org
Thu Jun 10 15:58:58 UTC 2010


Whoops, wrong recipient.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:54:28PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> I'm currently thinking about which version of Xen supporting in Squeeze.
> There are two possibilities: 3.4 and 4.0. 3.4 is currently in testing
> and unstable, 4.0 is in experimental.
> 
> Xen 3.4
> =======
> Pros
> - Proofed to be stable
> Cons
> - NUMA-mode only opt-in, no infos about stability
> - Fails on several modern machines because of IO-APIC problems
> 
> Xen 4.0
> =======
> Pros
> - NUMA
> - More tested with the Kernel in Squeeze
> Cons
> - Quite new
> 
> My personal preference would be to go with 4.0.
> 
> Bastian
> 
> Cc debian-devel, as there was quite a few discussions about this matter
> in the last months.

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