[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] docs: Update user manual for 3.3.

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# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1219913392 -3600
# Node ID 266758b689e0b5a2df30d1ec633045367bb71232
# Parent  c8377b335fbee14e624ce47ba107e4b109436901
docs: Update user manual for 3.3.

From: Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/src/user.tex |   71 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff -r c8377b335fbe -r 266758b689e0 docs/src/user.tex
--- a/docs/src/user.tex Thu Aug 28 09:44:13 2008 +0100
+++ b/docs/src/user.tex Thu Aug 28 09:49:52 2008 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 \vfill
 \begin{tabular}{l}
 {\Huge \bf Users' Manual} \\[4mm]
-{\huge Xen v3.0} \\[80mm]
+{\huge Xen v3.3} \\[80mm]
 \end{tabular}
 \end{center}
 
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ welcome.}
 
 \vspace*{\fill}
 
-Xen is Copyright \copyright  2002-2005, University of Cambridge, UK, XenSource
-Inc., IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., AMD Inc., and others.  All
-rights reserved.
+Xen is Copyright \copyright  2002-2008, Citrix Systems, Inc., University of 
Cambridge, UK, XenSource Inc., IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., AMD 
Inc., and others.  All rights reserved.
 
 Xen is an open-source project.  Most portions of Xen are licensed for copying
 under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.  Other portions
@@ -116,16 +114,13 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 
 
 Xen is an open-source \emph{para-virtualizing} virtual machine monitor
-(VMM), or ``hypervisor'', for the x86 processor architecture. Xen can
-securely execute multiple virtual machines on a single physical system
-with close-to-native performance.  Xen facilitates enterprise-grade
-functionality, including:
+(VMM), or ``hypervisor'', for a variety of processor architectures including 
x86. Xen can securely execute multiple virtual machines on a single physical 
system with near native performance.  Xen facilitates enterprise-grade 
functionality, including:
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item Virtual machines with performance close to native hardware.
 \item Live migration of running virtual machines between physical hosts.
 \item Up to 32\footnote{IA64 supports up to 64 virtual CPUs per guest virtual 
machine} virtual CPUs per guest virtual machine, with VCPU hotplug.
-\item x86/32, x86/32 with PAE, x86/64, IA64 and Power platform support.
+\item x86/32 with PAE, x86/64, and IA64 platform support.
 \item Intel and AMD Virtualization Technology for unmodified guest operating 
systems (including Microsoft Windows).
 \item Excellent hardware support (supports almost all Linux device
   drivers). 
@@ -182,22 +177,20 @@ unmodified guests running natively on th
 
 Paravirtualized Xen support is available for increasingly many
 operating systems: currently, mature Linux support is available and
-included in the standard distribution.  Other OS ports---including
-NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris x86 v10---are nearing completion. 
+included in the standard distribution.  Other OS ports, including
+NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris are also complete. 
 
 
 \section{Hardware Support}
 
-Xen currently runs on the x86 architecture, requiring a ``P6'' or
-newer processor (e.g.\ Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium~II, Pentium~III,
-Pentium~IV, Xeon, AMD~Athlon, AMD~Duron). Multiprocessor machines are
-supported, and there is support for HyperThreading (SMT).  In 
-addition, ports to IA64 and Power architectures are supported.
-
-The default 32-bit Xen supports for Intel's Physical Addressing Extensions 
(PAE), which enable x86/32 machines to address up to 64 GB of physical memory.
-It also supports non-PAE 32-bit Xen up to 4GB of memory. 
-Xen also supports x86/64 platforms such as Intel EM64T and AMD Opteron
-which can currently address up to 1TB of physical memory.
+Xen currently runs on the IA64 and x86 architectures. Multiprocessor
+machines are supported, and there is support for HyperThreading (SMT).
+
+The default 32-bit Xen requires processor support for Physical
+Addressing Extensions (PAE), which enables the hypervisor to address
+up to 16GB of physical memory. Xen also supports x86/64 platforms
+such as Intel EM64T and AMD Opteron which can currently address up to
+1TB of physical memory.
 
 Xen offloads most of the hardware support issues to the guest OS
 running in the \emph{Domain~0} management virtual machine. Xen itself
@@ -253,8 +246,8 @@ Xen has grown into a fully-fledged proje
 Xen has grown into a fully-fledged project in its own right, enabling us
 to investigate interesting research issues regarding the best techniques
 for virtualizing resources such as the CPU, memory, disk and network.
-Project contributors now include XenSource, Intel, IBM, HP, AMD, Novell,
-RedHat.
+Project contributors now include Citrix, Intel, IBM, HP, AMD, Novell,
+RedHat, Sun, Fujitsu, and Samsung.
 
 Xen was first described in a paper presented at SOSP in
 2003\footnote{\tt
@@ -265,25 +258,20 @@ sites.
 
 \section{What's New}
 
-Xen 3.0.0 offers:
+Xen 3.3.0 offers:
 
 \begin{itemize}
-\item Support for up to 32-way SMP guest operating systems
-\item Intel (Physical Addressing Extensions) PAE to support 32-bit
-  servers with more than 4GB physical memory
-\item x86/64 support (Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron)
-\item Intel VT-x support to enable the running of unmodified guest
-operating systems (Windows XP/2003, Legacy Linux)
-\item Enhanced control tools
-\item Improved ACPI support
-\item AGP/DRM graphics
+\item IO Emulation (stub domains) for HVM IO performance and scailability
+\item Replacement of Intel VT vmxassist by new 16b emulation code
+\item Improved VT-d device pass-through e.g. for graphics devices
+\item Enhanced C and P state power management
+\item Exploitation of multi-queue support on modern NICs
+\item Removal of domain lock for improved PV guest scalability
+\item 2MB page support for HVM and PV guests
+\item CPU Portability
 \end{itemize}
 
-
-Xen 3.0 features greatly enhanced hardware support, configuration
-flexibility, usability and a larger complement of supported operating
-systems.  This latest release takes Xen a step closer to being the 
-definitive open source solution for virtualization.
+Xen 3.3 delivers the capabilities needed by enterprise customers and gives 
computing industry leaders a solid, secure platform to build upon for their 
virtualization solutions. This latest release establishes Xen as the definitive 
open source solution for virtualization.
 
 
 
@@ -295,7 +283,7 @@ The Xen distribution includes three main
 The Xen distribution includes three main components: Xen itself, ports
 of Linux and NetBSD to run on Xen, and the userspace tools required to
 manage a Xen-based system. This chapter describes how to install the
-Xen~3.0 distribution from source. Alternatively, there may be pre-built
+Xen~3.3 distribution from source. Alternatively, there may be pre-built
 packages available as part of your operating system distribution.
 
 
@@ -4029,9 +4017,8 @@ files: \path{Config.mk} and \path{Makefi
 
 The former allows the overall build target architecture to be 
 specified. You will typically not need to modify this unless 
-you are cross-compiling or if you wish to build a non-PAE  
-Xen system. Additional configuration options are documented 
-in the \path{Config.mk} file. 
+you are cross-compiling. Additional configuration options are
+documented in the \path{Config.mk} file. 
 
 The top-level \path{Makefile} is chiefly used to customize the set of
 kernels built. Look for the line: 

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