Re: [Publicity] Blog update, week of Jan 13, 2014

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/01/14 15:06, Sarah Conway wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> 
> Some grammar suggestions below:
> 
> *Paragraph 1:*
> 
> FreeBSD with Xen support includes many improvements, including several
> performance and stability enhancements that we expect will greatly
> please and interest users. With many bug fixes already completed, the
> following description only focuses on new features.
> 
> *Paragraph 4:*
> 
> Thanks to the introduction of the vector callback, now we can make use
> of the Xen PV timer, which is implemented as a per-CPU singleshot timer.
> 
> *Paragraph 5:*
> 
> As with PV timers, the introduction of the vector callback allows
> FreeBSD to get rid of the bare metal IPI implementation, and instead
> route IPIs through event channels. 
> 
> *Paragraph 7:*
> 
> With these new features, migration doesn't break since it has been
> reworked to handle the fact that timers and IPIs are also
> paravirtualized now. 
> 
> *Last paragraph: *
> 
> One of the most interesting improvements from a user/admin point of view
> (and something similar to what the pvops Linux kernel is already doing),
> the GENERIC kernel on i386 and amd64 now includes full Xen PVHVM
> support, so there’s no need to recompile a Xen-specific kernel. When run
> as a Xen guest, the kernel will detect the available Xen features and
> automatically make use of them in order to obtain the best possible
> performance.

Thanks for the feedback, I've done the suggested modifications.

Roger.

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