Re: [Xen-devel] xend deprecation

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/09/13 17:33, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 04:34:30PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 16:18 +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> > > <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 08:29:07AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2013-09-03 at 23:06 -0700, Matt Wilson wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 09:03:46AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > > > > > On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 13:32 -0700, Matt Wilson wrote:
> > > > > > > > Live migration between a system running xend to a system that doesn't
> > > > > > > > support xend would be a nice-to-have. That probably means some support
> > > > > > > > for SXP parsing either in libxl or in some compatibility tool.
> > > > > > > This already works by using xl on the source side, e.g. a guest started
> > > > > > > with xend on 4.1 can be migrated with 4.1's xl to 4.2.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg02191.html
> > > > > > xl doesn't run everywhere that we need it to.
> > > > > Details please, or we aren't going to be able to even think about how to
> > > > > solve this for you.
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW You can also do a xend migration to e.g. 4.2 (using the xend whichis
> > > > > in 4.2) and the use 4.2's xl to do a localhost migrate or a second
> > > > > remote migrate to another 4.2 system.
> > > > >
> > > > > xend's deprecation has been on the cards, and widely known, for several
> > > > > releases now. It is time to quit stalling and start moving. I intend to
> > > > > post a patch deleting it as soon as 4.4 is out the door.
> > > > And I think I might have to lobby hard against removing it.
> > If by lobby you mean "step up to maintain" then please do.
> I can surely do that, but I would prefer to have the issues fixed.
You mean you prefer to have the xl issues fixed? I think we all do; so 
instead of lobbying hard to remove xend, you can lobby hard to get the 
outstanding issues fixed. :-)
 -George


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