From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 29 07:59:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD70F106564A for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:59:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mdc@prgmr.com) Received: from mail.prgmr.com (mail.prgmr.com [64.62.173.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BF018FC1F for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:59:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from frylock.local (c-71-202-68-54.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [71.202.68.54]) by mail.prgmr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B03668B5D for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:01:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A98DFF6.4060404@prgmr.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:59:50 -0700 From: Michael David Crawford Organization: Prgmr.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org References: <77abe410908211256g44dd20d8o9b50c20357e63a6b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: finishing up the xen port - would funding help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:59:50 -0000 For working on the FreeBSD DomU, what should we use for the Xen kernel and the Dom0? Most people use Linux for Dom0 I think, but I understand you can also use Solaris. I was running the bleeding edge sources for a while, and I was able to get them to work, but not well. I eventually abandoned the effort out of frustration. However we might need some changes to the Xen or to the Dom0 sources, so maybe it would be best to work with the bleeding edge. A problem I had is that I was trying to use Xen to support the development of my own cross-platform product. This machine has a RAID that contains *all* of my files, going back almost twenty years. So I was a little hesitant to boot just any kernel on it. But now I have another box, purely for experimental use, that doesn't have any manner of precious data on it. I can freely run anything on it, without fear of losing anything valuable. Mike -- Michael David Crawford mdc@prgmr.com prgmr.com - We Don't Assume You Are Stupid. Xen-Powered Virtual Private Servers: http://prgmr.com/xen