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Re: [Xen-users] Why Xen will deprecated? Is it to old?



I think it's because the (huge) Xen dom0 patch is not really maintained for recent kernels. So it's a hard work to include it in a distribution.

But there is actually a big work to integrate this Xen dom0 patch in Linux vanilla, so Xen will not need this hard inclusion work. Squeeze seems to be the last time Debian use the old "2.6.18" patch, but in next Debian (in 2 years) Xen will probably be included in Linux upstream, no ?

Olivier

Robbie A. Garrett a écrit :
I'm a little lost as to why people will switch to KVM or that the some OS force one type of software out in favor of another. is it because Xen requires a specific kernel to run? Why so much 'hate' against Xen? Perhaps it's my old school thinking but Xen works.... rather well and almost right out of the box for 98% of us. If I have to buy commercial (as I have done for some needs) to keep Xen then I will. Until KVM becomes more of a standard (which if OS keep shoving KVM the way they are... it's going to happen) I will never switch.
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*From:* xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Baptiste FAVRE [jean-baptiste.favre@xxxxxxxxxx]
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:42 AM
*To:* xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* Re: [Xen-users] Why Xen will deprecated? Is it to old?

Hello,
As I understand the mail, it just seems that specific Dom0 kernel will
disappear in next Debien stable release.
For the time being, when you want to build a Debian Dom0, you have to
install a specific "Xen-enabled" kernel.
Starting Squeeze, all these functionnalities will be intergrated in the
default kernel.

Regards,
JB

Alexandr R. Ogurtzoff a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I'm confused why Xen is deprecated in the next Debian release, does it
> mean Xen dying? What is alternative? KVM?
> I've heard RH also is going to promote KVM only in a future releases.
> Can someone elaborate what does it mean?
> Thank You in advance.
>
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.announce/1407
>
> " xen dom 0
> +++++++++
>
> This feature will be included in the squeeze kernel release subject to
> ongoing stabilisation work. The feature will be marked as deprecated
> and will not appear in future releases. "


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