Today I’d like to talk about a functionality of Xen you may not have heard of, but might have actually used without even knowing it. If you use memory ballooning to resize your guests, you’ve likely used “populate-on-demand” at some point. As you may know, ballooning
The Linux v3.14 will sport a new mode in which the Linux kernel can run thanks to Mukesh Rathor (Oracle). Called ‘ParaVirtualized Hardware,’ it allows the guest to utilize many hardware features – while at the same time having no emulated devices. It is the next step in PV evolution,
Release time is approaching, so Xen Project Test Days have arrived! On Monday, January 20, we are holding a Test Day for Xen 4.4. Release Candidate 2. Xen Project Test Day is your opportunity to work with code which is targeted for the next release, ensure that new features
Going to FOSDEM’14? Well, you want to check out the schedule of the Virtualization & IaaS devroom then, and make sure you do not miss the talks about Xen. There are 4 of them, and they will provide some details about new and interesting usecases for virtualization, like in
2013 has been a year of changes for the Xen Community. I wanted to share my five personal highlights of the year. But before I do this, I wanted to thank everyone who contributed to the Xen Project in 2013 and the years before. Open Source is about bringing together
The Xen ARINC 653 scheduler is a real time scheduler that has been in Xen since 4.1.0. It is a cyclic executive scheduler with a specific usage in mind, so unless one has aviation experience they are unlikely to have ever encountered it. The scheduler was created
We’re very pleased to announce the release of Mirage OS 1.0. This is the first major release of Mirage OS and represents several years of development, testing and community building. You can get started by following the install instructions and creating your own webserver to host a static
ACPI vs. Device Tree on ARM Some of you may have seen the recent discussions on the linux-arm-kernel mailing list (and others) about the use of ACPI vs DT on the ARM platform. As always LWN have a pretty good summary (currently subscribers only, becomes freely available on 5 December)
The researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and University of Pennsylvania are pleased to announce, here on this blog, the release of a new and greatly improved version of the RT-Xen project. Recent years have seen increasing demand for supporting real-time systems in virtualized environments (for example, the Xen-ARM
Most of the Xen Project Developer Summit Videos and Presentations are now live on Xenproject.org. I wanted to thank all our speakers and attendees for making this year’s Xen project Developer Summit a success and am looking forward to next year’s event. A few Highlights Will Auld
Talks Welcome & Community Roundup Lars Kurth, Citrix Presentation Video Xen Project Development Update George Dunlap, Citrix Xen 4.3 was the first release with our new “release coordinator” role during the whole development cycle. This talk will review some ways in which the process worked well for 4.3,
We are pleased to announce that the Xen Project will co-host a two-day Virtualisation and IaaS DevRoom at FOSDEM’14, alongside Redhat and the Openstack Foundation. Call for Papers: Closes December 1st The Call for Papers for the DevRoom will be open until December 1st. The scope for this devroom