Hi, I''ve refreshed the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) .isos on xen.org with a new development snapshot (labeled version 0.1.1). XCP is a collaborative effort to build a complete cloud infrastructure platform, complete with a powerful management stack, standards-based APIs, support for multi-tenancy and much more. See: http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html Since we released the first snapshot (0.1) we''ve had lots of contributions and valuable feedback. Particular thanks to * Nicira for contributing the openvswitch (enabled by default, replaces linux bridging) * Marathon for contributing patches for FT * Ahmed Kamal for documenting how XCP consoles work[1] * Colin Dean for creating a VNC console proxy and web front end[2] * Alberto Gonzalez Rodriguez for creating a standalone front-end[3] In this update further highlights are: * dom0 refreshed to CentOS 5.4 * xen refreshed to 3.4.2 * support for host SMBIOS data to be passed through to VMs * improvements to experimental PCI passthrough This update contains hundreds of changesets containing lots and lots of bugfixes and performance improvements, including: * VM lifecycle queuing deadlock fixed * rare post-fork() spinning xapi process fixed * Active Directory authentication fixes * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed * lots of memory ballooning fixes What''s next: * more stabilising/ bugfixing * more hg repositories (storage coming soon) * prototypes of new features (e.g. stub domains, advanced vhd management) * aim to release an alpha late Jan/ early Feb Development continues on the mailing list: xen-api@lists.xensource.com As always, comments / suggestions / patches welcome! Cheers, Dave _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Hi again, Sorry I forgot the links I was going to add: [1] http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2010/01/taming-xen-cloud-platform-consoles.html [2] http://www.xvpsource.org/ [3] http://www.openxencenter.com/ Sorry about that! Dave> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-api- > bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dave Scott > Sent: 18 January 2010 18:13 > To: ''xen-api@lists.xensource.com''; ''xen-devel@lists.xensource.com'' > Subject: [Xen-API] [XCP] new version available > > Hi, > > I''ve refreshed the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) .isos on xen.org with a new > development snapshot (labeled version 0.1.1). XCP is a collaborative > effort to build a complete cloud infrastructure platform, complete with > a powerful management stack, standards-based APIs, support for > multi-tenancy and much more. See: > > http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html > > Since we released the first snapshot (0.1) we''ve had lots of > contributions > and valuable feedback. Particular thanks to > > * Nicira for contributing the openvswitch (enabled by default, > replaces linux bridging) > * Marathon for contributing patches for FT > * Ahmed Kamal for documenting how XCP consoles work[1] > * Colin Dean for creating a VNC console proxy and web front end[2] > * Alberto Gonzalez Rodriguez for creating a standalone front-end[3] > > In this update further highlights are: > > * dom0 refreshed to CentOS 5.4 > * xen refreshed to 3.4.2 > * support for host SMBIOS data to be passed through to VMs > * improvements to experimental PCI passthrough > > This update contains hundreds of changesets containing lots and lots of > bugfixes and performance improvements, including: > > * VM lifecycle queuing deadlock fixed > * rare post-fork() spinning xapi process fixed > * Active Directory authentication fixes > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > * lots of memory ballooning fixes > > What''s next: > > * more stabilising/ bugfixing > * more hg repositories (storage coming soon) > * prototypes of new features (e.g. stub domains, advanced vhd > management) > * aim to release an alpha late Jan/ early Feb > > Development continues on the mailing list: xen-api@lists.xensource.com > As always, comments / suggestions / patches welcome! > > Cheers, > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > xen-api mailing list > xen-api@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro
2010-Jan-18 18:24 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] RE: [XCP] new version available
It is possible to use the Windows client XenCenter with XCP? I wanna make a mix environment, with XenServer 5.5 FREE and some XCP managed from the same XenCenter... Thanks! Thiago 2010/1/18 Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@eu.citrix.com>> Hi again, > > Sorry I forgot the links I was going to add: > > > [1] > http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2010/01/taming-xen-cloud-platform-consoles.html > [2] http://www.xvpsource.org/ > [3] http://www.openxencenter.com/ > > Sorry about that! > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: xen-api-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-api- > > bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dave Scott > > Sent: 18 January 2010 18:13 > > To: ''xen-api@lists.xensource.com''; ''xen-devel@lists.xensource.com'' > > Subject: [Xen-API] [XCP] new version available > > > > Hi, > > > > I''ve refreshed the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) .isos on xen.org with a new > > development snapshot (labeled version 0.1.1). XCP is a collaborative > > effort to build a complete cloud infrastructure platform, complete with > > a powerful management stack, standards-based APIs, support for > > multi-tenancy and much more. See: > > > > http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html > > > > Since we released the first snapshot (0.1) we''ve had lots of > > contributions > > and valuable feedback. Particular thanks to > > > > * Nicira for contributing the openvswitch (enabled by default, > > replaces linux bridging) > > * Marathon for contributing patches for FT > > * Ahmed Kamal for documenting how XCP consoles work[1] > > * Colin Dean for creating a VNC console proxy and web front end[2] > > * Alberto Gonzalez Rodriguez for creating a standalone front-end[3] > > > > In this update further highlights are: > > > > * dom0 refreshed to CentOS 5.4 > > * xen refreshed to 3.4.2 > > * support for host SMBIOS data to be passed through to VMs > > * improvements to experimental PCI passthrough > > > > This update contains hundreds of changesets containing lots and lots of > > bugfixes and performance improvements, including: > > > > * VM lifecycle queuing deadlock fixed > > * rare post-fork() spinning xapi process fixed > > * Active Directory authentication fixes > > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > > * lots of memory ballooning fixes > > > > What''s next: > > > > * more stabilising/ bugfixing > > * more hg repositories (storage coming soon) > > * prototypes of new features (e.g. stub domains, advanced vhd > > management) > > * aim to release an alpha late Jan/ early Feb > > > > Development continues on the mailing list: xen-api@lists.xensource.com > > As always, comments / suggestions / patches welcome! > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > > xen-api mailing list > > xen-api@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Pasi Kärkkäinen
2010-Jan-18 20:03 UTC
[Xen-API] Re: [Xen-devel] [XCP] new version available
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 06:13:09PM +0000, Dave Scott wrote:> Hi, > > I''ve refreshed the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) .isos on xen.org with a new > development snapshot (labeled version 0.1.1). XCP is a collaborative > effort to build a complete cloud infrastructure platform, complete with > a powerful management stack, standards-based APIs, support for > multi-tenancy and much more. See: > > http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html > > Since we released the first snapshot (0.1) we''ve had lots of contributions > and valuable feedback. Particular thanks to > > * Nicira for contributing the openvswitch (enabled by default, > replaces linux bridging) > * Marathon for contributing patches for FT > * Ahmed Kamal for documenting how XCP consoles work[1] > * Colin Dean for creating a VNC console proxy and web front end[2] > * Alberto Gonzalez Rodriguez for creating a standalone front-end[3] > > In this update further highlights are: > > * dom0 refreshed to CentOS 5.4 > * xen refreshed to 3.4.2 > * support for host SMBIOS data to be passed through to VMs > * improvements to experimental PCI passthrough > > This update contains hundreds of changesets containing lots and lots of > bugfixes and performance improvements, including: > > * VM lifecycle queuing deadlock fixed > * rare post-fork() spinning xapi process fixed > * Active Directory authentication fixes > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > * lots of memory ballooning fixes >Congrats and thanks for the new release! Looks good.> What''s next: > > * more stabilising/ bugfixing > * more hg repositories (storage coming soon)Don''t forget the kernel repository :) -- Pasi> * prototypes of new features (e.g. stub domains, advanced vhd management) > * aim to release an alpha late Jan/ early Feb > > Development continues on the mailing list: xen-api@lists.xensource.com > As always, comments / suggestions / patches welcome! > > Cheers, > Dave >_______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
Marco Sinhoreli
2010-Jan-19 13:43 UTC
Re: [Xen-API] Re: [Xen-devel] [XCP] new version available
Hi all, The openvswitch is already enabled in XCP? It could to change some call in xapi or in network infrastructure like switches? I have these questions because I have a system running on top of XCP 0.1. Cheers, On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 06:13:09PM +0000, Dave Scott wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I''ve refreshed the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) .isos on xen.org with a new >> development snapshot (labeled version 0.1.1). XCP is a collaborative >> effort to build a complete cloud infrastructure platform, complete with >> a powerful management stack, standards-based APIs, support for >> multi-tenancy and much more. See: >> >> http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html >> >> Since we released the first snapshot (0.1) we''ve had lots of contributions >> and valuable feedback. Particular thanks to >> >> * Nicira for contributing the openvswitch (enabled by default, >> replaces linux bridging) >> * Marathon for contributing patches for FT >> * Ahmed Kamal for documenting how XCP consoles work[1] >> * Colin Dean for creating a VNC console proxy and web front end[2] >> * Alberto Gonzalez Rodriguez for creating a standalone front-end[3] >> >> In this update further highlights are: >> >> * dom0 refreshed to CentOS 5.4 >> * xen refreshed to 3.4.2 >> * support for host SMBIOS data to be passed through to VMs >> * improvements to experimental PCI passthrough >> >> This update contains hundreds of changesets containing lots and lots of >> bugfixes and performance improvements, including: >> >> * VM lifecycle queuing deadlock fixed >> * rare post-fork() spinning xapi process fixed >> * Active Directory authentication fixes >> * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed >> * lots of memory ballooning fixes >> > > Congrats and thanks for the new release! Looks good. > >> What''s next: >> >> * more stabilising/ bugfixing >> * more hg repositories (storage coming soon) > > Don''t forget the kernel repository :) > > -- Pasi > >> * prototypes of new features (e.g. stub domains, advanced vhd management) >> * aim to release an alpha late Jan/ early Feb >> >> Development continues on the mailing list: xen-api@lists.xensource.com >> As always, comments / suggestions / patches welcome! >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> > > > _______________________________________________ > xen-api mailing list > xen-api@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api >-- Marco Sinhoreli _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Ian Campbell
2010-Jan-19 13:53 UTC
Re: [Xen-API] Re: [Xen-devel] [XCP] new version available
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 13:43 +0000, Marco Sinhoreli wrote:> Hi all, > > The openvswitch is already enabled in XCP?Yes.> It could to change some > call in xapi or in network infrastructure like switches?If you are asking whether this change will cause an XCP host to try and configure/manage your physical switches then the answer is no. This change is purely to replace the Linux bridging implementation used on an XCP host with an openvswitch based solution. It doesn''t change any XenAPI calls but it does necessarily change the implementation of the interactions between xapi and host''s network subsystem. Mainly those changes are in ocaml/netdev/netdev.ml and in things like the interface-reconfigure and VIF hotplug scripts. Ian. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Furthermore, you can still switch between the vswitch and linux bridging network
subsystems by altering the file /etc/xensource/network.conf ("vswitch"
or "bridge"). The default is now "vswitch", and eventually
the linux bridging option will be removed.
See http://openvswitch.org/ for more information about the vswitch.
Cheers,
Rob
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Sent: 19 January 2010 13:53
To: Marco Sinhoreli
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Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Re: [Xen-devel] [XCP] new version available
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 13:43 +0000, Marco Sinhoreli
wrote:> Hi all,
>
> The openvswitch is already enabled in XCP?
Yes.
> It could to change some
> call in xapi or in network infrastructure like switches?
If you are asking whether this change will cause an XCP host to try and
configure/manage your physical switches then the answer is no. This
change is purely to replace the Linux bridging implementation used on an
XCP host with an openvswitch based solution.
It doesn't change any XenAPI calls but it does necessarily change the
implementation of the interactions between xapi and host's network
subsystem. Mainly those changes are in ocaml/netdev/netdev.ml and in
things like the interface-reconfigure and VIF hotplug scripts.
Ian.
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Dave Scott wrote:> * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removedScott, one question: Can the Windows PV drivers be used with "normal" XEN or is some additional infrastructure from XCP necessary? Regards, Markus _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 03:36:16PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote:> Dave Scott wrote: > > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > > Scott, one question: Can the Windows PV drivers be used with "normal" XEN or > is some additional infrastructure from XCP necessary? >Yes they can, with some patches to Xen: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.html http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-12/msg00593.html -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:54:08PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 03:36:16PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote: > > Dave Scott wrote: > > > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > > > > Scott, one question: Can the Windows PV drivers be used with "normal" XEN or > > is some additional infrastructure from XCP necessary? > > > > Yes they can, with some patches to Xen: > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.html > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-12/msg00593.html >These patches are already in xen-3.4-testing.hg and in xen-unstable.hg, so they''ll be in Xen 3.4.3 and 4.0.0 releases. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 18:57:11 Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:54:08PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 03:36:16PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote: > > > Dave Scott wrote: > > > > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > > > > > > Scott, one question: Can the Windows PV drivers be used with "normal" > > > XEN or is some additional infrastructure from XCP necessary? > > > > Yes they can, with some patches to Xen: > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.html > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-12/msg00593.html > > These patches are already in xen-3.4-testing.hg and in xen-unstable.hg, so > they''ll be in Xen 3.4.3 and 4.0.0 releases.That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of stability, speed, features and so on? It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? Regards, Markus _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 08:30:40PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote:> On Tuesday 19 January 2010 18:57:11 Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:54:08PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 03:36:16PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote: > > > > Dave Scott wrote: > > > > > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > > > > > > > > Scott, one question: Can the Windows PV drivers be used with "normal" > > > > XEN or is some additional infrastructure from XCP necessary? > > > > > > Yes they can, with some patches to Xen: > > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.html > > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-12/msg00593.html > > > > These patches are already in xen-3.4-testing.hg and in xen-unstable.hg, so > > they''ll be in Xen 3.4.3 and 4.0.0 releases. > > That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of stability, > speed, features and so on? > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? >Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not. Feel free to benchmark and compare :) -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 20:36:06 Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 08:30:40PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 January 2010 18:57:11 Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:54:08PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 03:36:16PM +0100, Markus Schuster wrote: > > > > > Dave Scott wrote: > > > > > > * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed > > > > > > > > > > Scott, one question: Can the Windows PV drivers be used with > > > > > "normal" XEN or is some additional infrastructure from XCP > > > > > necessary? > > > > > > > > Yes they can, with some patches to Xen: > > > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00932.h > > > >tml > > > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-12/msg00593.h > > > >tml > > > > > > These patches are already in xen-3.4-testing.hg and in xen-unstable.hg, > > > so they''ll be in Xen 3.4.3 and 4.0.0 releases. > > > > That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of > > stability, speed, features and so on? > > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? > > Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, > and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not.Ah, I see - too bad Citrix couldn''t open source them :) Regards, Markus _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> > > That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of > > > stability, speed, features and so on? > > > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? > > > > Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, > > and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not. > > Ah, I see - too bad Citrix couldn''t open source them :)They''re freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are signed so you don''t get annoying pop-ups when installing them. I''m not aware of any relative benchmarking having been done, but it would certainly be interesting to know. Ian _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-Jan-21 17:51 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [XCP] new version available
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 05:48:07PM +0000, Ian Pratt wrote:> > > > That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of > > > > stability, speed, features and so on? > > > > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? > > > > > > Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, > > > and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not. > > > > Ah, I see - too bad Citrix couldn''t open source them :) > > They''re freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are signed so you don''t get annoying pop-ups when installing them.They work fine on bare-bone Xen? I remember seeing in the past data about having to add some extra keys in XenStore for this. Is that still the case? _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On 21/01/2010 17:51, "Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:>> They''re freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various >> MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the >> source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are >> signed so you don''t get annoying pop-ups when installing them. > > They work fine on bare-bone Xen? I remember seeing in the past data > about having to add some extra keys in XenStore for this. Is that still > the case?That''s resolved, both in 4.0 and 3.4, I believe. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
So, the community has currently 2 sets of drivers: * The GPL PV drivers, which are less stable, and not as good as the XCP PV drivers (not signed by MS$, etc), but are open, and everyone can change them fix their bugs, support extra-stuff, etc. * The XCP PV drivers, which looks stable, and better, but are closed-source, and u can''t fix bugs there, change them for your own use, etc. 1. Is it a good idea, to have the XCP PV drivers closed-source? If u will open-source the XCP drivers, or at-least contribute some of their code (which isn''t blocked by MS$ stuff) to the GPL-PV, the community will have one strong and stable PV drivers tree. It will be good for Xen, as other companies, like Red-Hat (KVM) already released the full source of their Windows PV drivers. 2. What is the planned policy about the XCP PV drivers? Tom 2010/1/21 Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@eu.citrix.com>:>> > > That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of >> > > stability, speed, features and so on? >> > > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? >> > >> > Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, >> > and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not. >> >> Ah, I see - too bad Citrix couldn''t open source them :) > > They''re freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are signed so you don''t get annoying pop-ups when installing them. > > I''m not aware of any relative benchmarking having been done, but it would certainly be interesting to know. > > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com> wrote:> On 21/01/2010 17:51, "Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote: > >>> They''re freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various >>> MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the >>> source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are >>> signed so you don''t get annoying pop-ups when installing them. >> >> They work fine on bare-bone Xen? I remember seeing in the past data >> about having to add some extra keys in XenStore for this. Is that still >> the case? > > That''s resolved, both in 4.0 and 3.4, I believe.That is correct. Keith Coleman _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:51:02PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 05:48:07PM +0000, Ian Pratt wrote: > > > > > That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of > > > > > stability, speed, features and so on? > > > > > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? > > > > > > > > Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, > > > > and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not. > > > > > > Ah, I see - too bad Citrix couldn''t open source them :) > > > > They''re freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are signed so you don''t get annoying pop-ups when installing them. > > They work fine on bare-bone Xen? I remember seeing in the past data > about having to add some extra keys in XenStore for this. Is that still > the case? >Patches to support XCP Windows PV drivers are already in xen-3.4-testing.hg and xen-unstable.hg. "xend: Add support for XCP Windows PV drivers": http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648 http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-3.4-testing.hg?rev/d4e5058ce390 "Fix clock for XCP Windows PV drivers on restore": http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg?rev/db8a985693f7 http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-3.4-testing.hg?rev/ae60cbc5bb6d I think there''s still windows registry hack needed for them to work.. or did the latest xcp release (0.1.1) remove this from the pv drivers? -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:51:02PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 05:48:07PM +0000, Ian Pratt wrote: >> > > > > That''s cool! Is there some comparison with GPLPV drivers in case of >> > > > > stability, speed, features and so on? >> > > > > It looks a bit like future competition between the two driver packs? >> > > > >> > > > Well the major difference is that GPLPV drivers are opensource, >> > > > and the Citrix Windows PV drivers provided in XCP are not. >> > > >> > > Ah, I see - too bad Citrix couldn''t open source them :) >> > >> > They''re freely distributable in binary form, but they link against various MSFT libraries which have licenses that restrict what can be done with the source. The binaries pass all the MSFT class-specific WHQL tests and are signed so you don''t get annoying pop-ups when installing them. >> >> They work fine on bare-bone Xen? I remember seeing in the past data >> about having to add some extra keys in XenStore for this. Is that still >> the case? >> > > Patches to support XCP Windows PV drivers are already in xen-3.4-testing.hg and xen-unstable.hg. > > "xend: Add support for XCP Windows PV drivers": > http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648 > http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-3.4-testing.hg?rev/d4e5058ce390 > > "Fix clock for XCP Windows PV drivers on restore": > http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg?rev/db8a985693f7 > http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-3.4-testing.hg?rev/ae60cbc5bb6d > > I think there''s still windows registry hack needed for them to work.. > or did the latest xcp release (0.1.1) remove this from the pv drivers?The registry change is no longer necessary. Keith Coleman _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
>-----Original Message----- >From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-devel- >bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dave Scott >Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:13 AM >To: ''xen-api@lists.xensource.com''; ''xen-devel@lists.xensource.com'' >Subject: [Xen-devel] [XCP] new version available > >Hi, > >I''ve refreshed the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) .isos on xen.org with a new >development snapshot (labeled version 0.1.1). XCP is a collaborative >effort to build a complete cloud infrastructure platform, complete with >a powerful management stack, standards-based APIs, support for >multi-tenancy and much more. See: > >http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html >I downloaded this version of XCP and now when I try to get to the Xen API through my Firefox browser it doesn''t load. With XCP 0.1 I was able to type in the IP address of the XCP Host machine and get a Xen API interface. Is that feature still available? If not, how do I get to the console of my VMs? Thanks, Greg Rose Intel Corp Lan Access Division _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> I downloaded this version of XCP and now when I try to get to the Xen > API through my Firefox browser it doesn''t load. With XCP 0.1 I was > able to type in the IP address of the XCP Host machine and get a Xen > API interface. > > Is that feature still available? If not, how do I get to the console > of my VMs?Unfortunately a symlink in dom0 went missing. To fix it you need to do: mv /opt/xensource/www /opt/xensource/www.old ln -s /opt/xensource/debug/www /opt/xensource/www The javascript files are all in /opt/xensource/debug/www but the directory being served over HTTP is /opt/xensource/www Sorry for the inconvenience. Dave _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
There we go! No worries, it''s 0.x.x Revision SW after all, one expects these sorts of glitches. Thanks! - Greg>-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Scott [mailto:Dave.Scott@eu.citrix.com] >Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:56 AM >To: Rose, Gregory V; ''xen-api@lists.xensource.com''; ''xen- >devel@lists.xensource.com'' >Subject: RE: [XCP] new version available > >> I downloaded this version of XCP and now when I try to get to the Xen >> API through my Firefox browser it doesn''t load. With XCP 0.1 I was >> able to type in the IP address of the XCP Host machine and get a Xen >> API interface. >> >> Is that feature still available? If not, how do I get to the console >> of my VMs? > >Unfortunately a symlink in dom0 went missing. To fix it you need to do: > >mv /opt/xensource/www /opt/xensource/www.old >ln -s /opt/xensource/debug/www /opt/xensource/www > >The javascript files are all in /opt/xensource/debug/www but the >directory being served over HTTP is /opt/xensource/www > >Sorry for the inconvenience. > >Dave_______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list xen-api@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api