[libvirt] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Convert libxl driver to Xen 4.2

Stefano Stabellini stefano.stabellini at eu.citrix.com
Tue Nov 27 11:57:11 UTC 2012


On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, George Dunlap wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com> wrote:
>       Based on a patch originally authored by Daniel De Graaf
> 
>         http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-05/msg00565.html
> 
>       This patch converts the Xen libxl driver to support only Xen >= 4.2.
>       Support for Xen 4.1 libxl is dropped since that version of libxl is
>       designated 'technology preview' only and is incompatible with Xen 4.2
>       libxl.  Additionally, the default toolstack in Xen 4.1 is still xend,
>       for which libvirt has a stable, functional driver.
> 
> 
> Great!  Just one question -- does this patch add any new functionality (e.g., migration for libxl), or just switch the
> existing functionality over to the new interface?

It does not add any new functionalities AFAICT.


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