Subject: Re: Xen3 domU functionnal
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Geert Hendrickx <ghen@telenet.be>
List: port-xen
Date: 03/20/2006 23:55:49
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 11:41:33PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Hi,
> I commited some bits for Xen3 support this week-end, especially a virtual
> block device frontend driver. A few things need some more work (like
> making dynamic attach/detach of devices after boot work), but NetBSD
> should now be functionnal on Xen3 with block and network devices.
> I added XEN3_U and INSTALL_XEN3_U kernel config files, and integrated
> them as part of the release build process.
> 
> There are kernels available from ftp://asim.lip6.fr/outgoing/bouyer/

How much is Xen backward/forward compatible?  e.g. once there is support
for NetBSD as dom0 on Xen 3, can I run a NetBSD 3.0 domU (i.e. for Xen 2)
with it?  

	Geert