Re: Xen2 removal: now or later

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:47:56PM +0100, Christoph Egger wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Now that netbsd-5 branched, -current is now open for
> the planned post netbsd-5 items.
> 
> The Xen related items are:
> 
> 1. Remove support for Xen 2
> 2. PCI passthrough support for Xen 3
> 
> Xen 2 support was only kept in for one reason:
> NetBSD supports PCI passthrough with Xen 2 but not with Xen 3.
> 
> The question is: when is the right time to throw away Xen 2 ?
> 
> Should it be done now or should we wait for
> a) PCI passthrough with Xen 3 is there
> b) or netbsd-5 got some testing just in case to make pullups
>    for Xen 2 easier ?
> 
> The Pro item for removing Xen 2 now is that code becomes
> cleaner and easier to deal with. Working on new stuff
> is a lot easier then.
> 
> I have a patch prepared for removing Xen 2:
> http://www.netbsd.org/~cegger/rm_xen2.diff

Manuel got permission from core to remove Xen2 some time ago, I believe,
so you should coordinate with him.

It would be good if HEAD and netbsd-5 didn't diverge too quickly,
though.

Regards,
Alistair