From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 23:41:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8DEA4B3; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 23:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAF24F62; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 23:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t09NfLt0057431; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 23:41:21 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t09NfLiE057430; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 23:41:21 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201501092341.t09NfLiE057430@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 23:41:21 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46176 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 23:41:22 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Fri Jan 9 23:41:20 2015 New Revision: 46176 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46176 Log: Add Xen report Approved by: hrs (mentor, blanket) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Fri Jan 9 22:10:32 2015 (r46175) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Fri Jan 9 23:41:20 2015 (r46176) @@ -1207,4 +1207,72 @@ + + FreeBSD Xen + + + + + Roger + Pau Monné + + royger@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Justin T. + Gibbs + + gibbs@FreeBSD.org + + + + + FreeBSD PVH DomU wiki page + FreeBSD PVH Dom0 wiki page + + + +

During this quarter almost all pending Xen changes have been + committed, enabling the usage of FreeBSD as Dom0 under the new + PVH mode. The set of features supported by FreeBSD is still limited, + but it should allow for basic usage of FreeBSD as Dom0. Support for + booting Xen from the FreeBSD boot loader will be committed very soon + to HEAD.

+ +

Apart from testing on a variety of hardware, work has now + shifted to improve PVH support in Xen itself in order to have feature + parity with a traditional PV Dom0 and to declare the PVH ABI as + stable.

+ +

Regarding guest improvements (running FreeBSD as a DomU), + there's also ongoing work to add unmapped IO support to Xen blkfront, + which is blocked pending some modifications to the generic bounce + buffer code.

+ + + Citrix Systems R&D + Spectra Logic Corporation + + + +

Test on different hardware.

+ + + +

Improve backends (netback, blkback) performance.

+ + + +

Work with upstream Xen to improve PVH and make it stable.

+ + + +

Improve generic bounce buffer code for unmapped bios in order + to support blkfront alignment requirements.

+ + + +