[Debian] Re: Bug#392015: closed by maximilian attems <max@stro.at> (Re: Request for openvz patched binary kernels.)

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi Maximilian

On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 12:03:52AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
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> > I can also assure you that upstream is very responsive on bugs
> > in the case of openvz.
> 
> yes they have very good devs.
> best way is to push it upstream :)

I suppose you mean linux kernel upstream in this case, right?
Because it is openvz upstream that want me to push this. :)

> > I see. If I can convince upstream to give support to the Debian
> > variant of the kernel, there is no way to get in openvz?
> > I mean if we can remove xen, there will be plenty of room for
> > openvz, right? :) If I get some basic instructions (more or less
> > verify what I think I need to do to get the support working)
> > I can help maintain that part of the kernel tree.
> 
> you misunderstood me, the current disabling of xen is not
> correlated to dropping that flavour.
> xen merged in the kernel will allow it to be build for itself,
> that should happen early enough for lenny.

When you say "build for itself", do you mean as a kernel module?

> xen has lived up with some hype and even now with kvm and lguest
> user will expect it for the next release.

I see. I'll check with the openvz team to see if they can
build it "for itself" now when kvm is there.

> so it would be more trading against vserver,
> which has build itself quite a userbase inside of debian.

Personally I would like to see all the techniques of virtualization
in Debian: Xen, openvz, vserver and user mode linux. The reason
of that is that they have their special gains and drawbacks because
of how they are designed.

Best regards,

// Ola

> happy hacking
> 
> -- 
> maks
> 
> 

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