Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:57:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r50440 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201707031657.v63GvDln098579@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Mon Jul 3 16:57:13 2017 New Revision: 50440 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50440 Log: Add 2017Q2 entry on the Xen section in the Handbook from bcr Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Mon Jul 3 16:48:37 2017 (r50439) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Mon Jul 3 16:57:13 2017 (r50440) @@ -711,4 +711,49 @@ available.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='doc'> + <title>New Xen Handbook Section</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Benedict</given> + <common>Reuschling</common> + </name> + <email>bcr@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization-host-xen.html">Handbook Section About &os; as a Xen Host</url> + <url href="https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10774">Original Phabricator Review</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>&os; supports the Xen hypervisor, with DomU support since + &os; 8.0 and Dom0 available since &os; 11.0. The + &os; Handbook was lacking instructions on how to run a Xen + host and VMs. The steps were outlined in the &os; wiki, but + needed some extra bits of text from the upstream Xen wiki in + order to form a complete guide. The new handbook section + briefly explains what Xen is, how it differs from other + hypervisors, and what features are currently available in + &os;. It then goes on to describe how to set up the Dom0, as + well as detailing the guest VM support known as DomU.</p> + + <p>Reviewers Nikolai Lifanov, Roger Pau Monné, and Warren Block + provided valuable feedback on the initial version in + Phabricator. Additional corrections were found by Björn + Heidotting while translating the section into German.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>More options for the Dom0 and DomU could be provided.</task> + + <task>People should test these instructions on their hardware + and provide feedback. This would also help us get better + testing of the Xen port for &os;.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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