I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some energies to improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m eliciting feedback from the community. Please respond here on the list if you have any notions about how the manual might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, prioritize it, and do all I can to move it forward. * Is anything glaringly omitted from the manual that should be there? * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or lacking in clarity? * Is the current organization of the material reasonable? If not, how would you like to see it changed? Thanks very much! Regards, Alan C. Oehler Sr. Technical Writer XenSource, Inc. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
HT and VT sections definitely need some improvement. A lot of users are interested in how to start unmodified DomUs and XEN User Manual has very short information on this topic. Thanks. Serge. On 5/9/06, Alan C. Oehler <alan@xensource.com> wrote:> > > I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some energies to > improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m eliciting feedback from the > community. > > Please respond here on the list if you have any notions about how the manual > might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, prioritize it, > and do all I can to move it forward. > > * Is anything glaringly omitted from the manual that should be there? > > * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or lacking in clarity? > > * Is the current organization of the material reasonable? If not, how would > you like to see it changed? > > Thanks very much! > > Regards, > > Alan C. Oehler > Sr. Technical Writer > XenSource, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of > Serge Dubrouski > Sent: 09 May 2006 17:52 > To: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision > > HT and VT sections definitely need some improvement. A lot of > users are interested in how to start unmodified DomUs and XEN > User Manual has very short information on this topic.In the "VT" section, can I also plead that you make it brand neutral and/or mention AMD and Intel in equal measures, as the HVM solution that is used in the current code, the user should not see any difference as to which processor or virtualization technology is being used... And I completely agree that this section needs updating/upgrading. -- Mats> > Thanks. > Serge. > > On 5/9/06, Alan C. Oehler <alan@xensource.com> wrote: > > > > > > I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some > > energies to improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m > eliciting > > feedback from the community. > > > > Please respond here on the list if you have any notions > about how the > > manual might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, > > prioritize it, and do all I can to move it forward. > > > > * Is anything glaringly omitted from the manual that should > be there? > > > > * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or > lacking in clarity? > > > > * Is the current organization of the material reasonable? > If not, how > > would you like to see it changed? > > > > Thanks very much! > > > > Regards, > > > > Alan C. Oehler > > Sr. Technical Writer > > XenSource, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Alan C. Oehler wrote:> I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some > energies to improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m eliciting > feedback from the community. > > Please respond here on the list if you have any notions about how the > manual might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, > prioritize it, and do all I can to move it forward. >Both the SEDF and BVT schedulers along with their appropriate options needs to be documented much better, preferably with some examples for each. Thanks, Matt Ayres _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Alan C. Oehler wrote:> > I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some > energies to improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m eliciting > feedback from the community. > > Please respond here on the list if you have any notions about how the > manual might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, > prioritize it, and do all I can to move it forward. > > * Is anything glaringly omitted from the manual that should be there? > > * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or lacking in > clarity? > > * Is the current organization of the material reasonable? If not, how > would you like to see it changed? >Glad you asked ... ;-) I totally agree to the other postings. I''d like to add: - Using and configuring "driver domains", this seems to be totally missing - Capabilities of VMX/HVM guests - what''s possible / what isn''t in comparison to PV guests (migration, pci, ...) Thx, Andrej _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 09:46:12AM -0700, Alan C. Oehler wrote:> * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or lacking in clarity?- how to use vnc, when is it available at all - how is qemu used by xen, and that the accelerator-module isnt usable yet with xen would be worth documenting - shame on me if i just searched in the wrong places ;) Christian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I would like to see the addition of how to use customized networking. I finally got NAT networking working, but all documentation that I ran across was from other sources, the Xen manual doesn''t even mention NAT other than in the sentence that says "other options are available". Thanks for all your work! Mito _____ From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Alan C. Oehler Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:46 PM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some energies to improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m eliciting feedback from the community. Please respond here on the list if you have any notions about how the manual might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, prioritize it, and do all I can to move it forward. * Is anything glaringly omitted from the manual that should be there? * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or lacking in clarity? * Is the current organization of the material reasonable? If not, how would you like to see it changed? Thanks very much! Regards, Alan C. Oehler Sr. Technical Writer XenSource, Inc. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Anthony Wood
2006-May-11 04:43 UTC
[Xen-devel] RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision
Hi Alan, I support the HVM requests others have made. Particularly confusing for me was that I started with Xen 3.0.2 which seemed to have changed all references to vmx to hvm including files, this meant I rebuilt xen numerous times trying to get vmx files (e.g. vmx-builder) when I already had hvm files (e.g. hvm-builder) and didn''t need anything else. Some ways of telling whether your computer supports hvm, e.g. a simple test program. How to move real partitions to file backed partitions. Using VNC/RDP/SDL. I think heaps of examples in both networking and HVM would be excellent. Also some notes about various operating system restrictions about changing the hardware between reboots and how to avoid those problems. Links to the Wiki for each section of the manual would be excellent, meaning you would: a) hopefully have a more up to date manual just a click away b) have a handy reference for when you are actually updating the manual c) harness the community to collect bits for the manual in a place handy for you cheers, Woody (sorry about top-posting - just going with the flow) _____ From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Mito Sent: Wednesday, 10 May 2006 06:44 To: ''Alan C. Oehler''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision I would like to see the addition of how to use customized networking. I finally got NAT networking working, but all documentation that I ran across was from other sources, the Xen manual doesn''t even mention NAT other than in the sentence that says "other options are available". Thanks for all your work! Mito _____ From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Alan C. Oehler Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:46 PM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some energies to improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m eliciting feedback from the community. Please respond here on the list if you have any notions about how the manual might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, prioritize it, and do all I can to move it forward. * Is anything glaringly omitted from the manual that should be there? * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or lacking in clarity? * Is the current organization of the material reasonable? If not, how would you like to see it changed? Thanks very much! Regards, Alan C. Oehler Sr. Technical Writer XenSource, Inc. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
<xen@wood.id.au>
2006-May-11 04:51 UTC
[Xen-devel] RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision
Hi Alan, I support the HVM requests others have made. Particularly confusing for me was that I started with Xen 3.0.2 which seemed to have changed all references to vmx to hvm including files, this meant I rebuilt xen numerous times trying to get vmx files (e.g. vmx-builder) when I already had hvm files (e.g. hvm-builder) and didn''t need anything else. Some ways of telling whether your computer supports hvm, e.g. a simple test program. How to move real partitions to file backed partitions. Using VNC/RDP/SDL. I think heaps of examples in both networking and HVM would be excellent. Also some notes about various operating system restrictions about changing the hardware between reboots and how to avoid those problems. Links to the Wiki for each section of the manual would be excellent, meaning you would: a) hopefully have a more up to date manual just a click away b) have a handy reference for when you are actually updating the manual c) harness the community to collect bits for the manual in a place handy for you cheers, Woody (sorry about top-posting - just going with the flow) _____ From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Mito Sent: Wednesday, 10 May 2006 06:44 To: ''Alan C. Oehler''; xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision I would like to see the addition of how to use customized networking. I finally got NAT networking working, but all documentation that I ran across was from other sources, the Xen manual doesn''t even mention NAT other than in the sentence that says "other options are available". Thanks for all your work! Mito _____ From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Alan C. Oehler Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:46 PM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0 User Manual revision I''m the tech writer at XenSource and I''m planning to devote some energies to improving the Xen User Manual. To that end, I''m eliciting feedback from the community. Please respond here on the list if you have any notions about how the manual might be improved, and I''ll collect and review the feedback, prioritize it, and do all I can to move it forward. * Is anything glaringly omitted from the manual that should be there? * Are there any sections that are notably incomplete or lacking in clarity? * Is the current organization of the material reasonable? If not, how would you like to see it changed? Thanks very much! Regards, Alan C. Oehler Sr. Technical Writer XenSource, Inc. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Christian Horn wrote:> - how to use vnc, when is it available at all > - how is qemu used by xen, and that the accelerator-module > isnt usable yet with xen > > would be worth documenting -...or howto use XDMCP, sound via network, ... Greetings, Mark Weinem _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users