Xen 4.2 Release Plan
Since early January I have been tracking the status of work left to do before 4.2 by posting a weekly roundup of the remaining blockers and “nice to haves”. You can find these in the xen devel list...
View ArticleXen 4.2 Release Plan Update
We have hit the next milestone in the release plan for Xen 4.2: 19 March — TODO list locked down 2 April — Feature Freeze WE ARE HERE Mid/Late April — First release candidate Weekly — RCN+1 until it is...
View ArticleXen 4.2: New scheduler parameters
Xen 4.2 will contain two new scheduling parameters for the credit1 scheduler which significantly increase its confurability and performance for cloud-based workloads: timeslice_ms and ratelimit_us....
View ArticleXen 4.2: cpupools
Among the more unique features of Xen 4.2 is a feature called cpupools, designed and implemented by Jürgen Groß at Fujitsu. At its core it’s a simple idea, but one that allows it to be a flexible and...
View ArticleXen 4.2 preview: xl and pci pass-through
One of the goals for the 4.2 release is for xl to have feature parity with xm for the most important functions. But along the way, we’ve also been adding a number of improvements to the interface as...
View ArticleXen 4.2 Release Plan Update
It’s been a while since the last 4.2 release update and a lot has changed since then, so I suppose it is time for another update. Way back at the start of April I posted the previous update which...
View ArticleXen 4.2 Release Plan Update: Xen 4.2.0-rc1 released
Last week we finally crossed the last major remaining issues off the Xen 4.2 TODO list. This means that the release plan now looks like this: 19 March — TODO list locked down 2 April — Feature Freeze...
View ArticleXen 4.2 Release
Just a quick update on the Xen 4.2 release. 4.2.0-rc3 was released on 23 August and we intend to release rc4 around the end of the week. Barring any last minute critical bug reports our intention is...
View ArticleXen 4.1.5 & 4.2.2, Xen Document and Xen 4.3 Test Days
Xen 4.1.5 and 4.2.2 Releases We are pleased to announce the release of the Xen 4.1.5 and 4.2.2 maintenance releases. These are immediately available from their respective Git repositories and from the...
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