On 01/10/2018 01:34 PM, George Dunlap wrote: > * Executive summary > > - We've agreed on a "convergence" point for PV shim functionality that > covers as many users as possible: > - 'HVM' functionality: boots in HVM mode, has support for Xen 3.4 > event channels, &c, booted via 'sidecar' > - 'PVH' functionality: boots in PVH mode, booted via toolstack > changes > > - "Vixen" (the Amazon shim) and PVH shim (mostly developed by Citrix) > each cover some users and not others; neither one (yet) covers all > users
Proposed codenames we can use for shorthand: "Vixen": Amazon's HVM+sidecar shim solution "Comet": Citrix's PVH+toolstack shim solution "Rudolph": Long-term solution combining both In the Xen mythos then, Rudolph could be the child of Vixen and Comet. :-) Cultural references (given that 'Vixen' and 'Comet' were both developed in the run up to Christmas): * https://www.teachervision.com/twas-night-christmas-full-text * http://www.metrolyrics.com/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-lyrics-christmas-carols.html -George _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel
