Subject: Xen2 vs Xen3: features and stability?
To: NetBSD/xen <port-xen@netbsd.org>
From: Johan Ihren <johani@johani.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 11/22/2006 16:17:22
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Hi,

I've been running xen2 with great success for quite some time but I  
realize its days are numbered. So when evaluating making the leap for  
xen3 I notice

a) that I haven't found a comparision between the two anywhere. There  
are bits here and there, like SMP domU's requiring xen3 and PCI  
access AFAIK requiring xen2, but no comprehensive summary. If there  
is such a document anywhere I'd much appreciate a pointer (and yes, I  
realize that a Linux-centric document is likely to point at features  
not yet available for NetBSD, and that's fine too, I can sort through  
that).

b) what's the general feeling as to production worthiness of the xen3  
stuff? As stable as xen2 (which is working just great for me, and I  
use it for a number of dom0's and dozens of domU's of different  
shapes and forms)?

In general, as I don't need SMP at all, my gut feeling is that  
there's no real rush to change...

Regards,

Johan

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