Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-07-19 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Toni Mueller wrote: > On Thu, 10.06.2010 at 17:54:28 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > My personal preference would be to go with 4.0. > > If it's one, then I opt for 4.0. I've got a few systems running Xen 4.0 now. It's working pretty well. I've got one system where the l

Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-07-19 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, I know that I'm a bit late... On Thu, 10.06.2010 at 17:54:28 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > My personal preference would be to go with 4.0. If it's one, then I opt for 4.0. Thank you very much! Kind regards, --Toni++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-14 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:47:49PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Bastian Blank dijo [Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:54:28PM +0200]: > > Hi folks > > > > I'm currently thinking about which version of Xen supporting in Squeeze. > > There are two possibilities: 3.4 and 4.0. 3.4 is currently in testing > > and

Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-11 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Bastian Blank dijo [Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:54:28PM +0200]: > Hi folks > > I'm currently thinking about which version of Xen supporting in Squeeze. > There are two possibilities: 3.4 and 4.0. 3.4 is currently in testing > and unstable, 4.0 is in experimental. Are both releases supporting running

Re: [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
Russell Coker wrote: > Sometimes you test two options and find that for some systems one works well > and for other systems the other works well. Then if both options are > available you can get most (maybe all) systems working well, but if one > option > isn't available then some systems don'

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-11 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 07:33:58AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > ?ukasz Ole? wrote: > > 2010/6/10 Bastian Blank : > >>> My personal preference would be to go with 4.0. > > > > I completely agree. Probably more people will use pvops kernel with > > 4.0 instead 3.4, so hopefully it will be better t

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-11 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 09:55:58AM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 07:33:58AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > ?ukasz Ole? wrote: > > > 2010/6/10 Bastian Blank : > > >>> My personal preference would be to go with 4.0. > > > > > > I completely agree. Probably more people wil

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-11 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:23:04PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:54:28PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > I'm currently thinking about which version of Xen supporting in Squeeze. > > > There are two possibilities: 3.4 and 4.

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, "James Harper" wrote: > It would be nice if it could automatically detect xen kernels when you > update-grub it though... or maybe that's what you were asking? Adding a > custom section to the .d directory works but is a bit messy. Yes, I applied a patch for that based on a g

Re: [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Russell Coker wrote: > > Based on my experience with Xen I think that we should have both. Then > > if one doesn't work we can try the other. > > I don't think having to do a double work is a good idea. I agree that doubling the work is generally a b

RE: [Pkg-xen-devel] [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread James Harper
> > PS It would be nice if we could get Grub2 updated to boot Xen kernels. My SE > Linux Play Machine is offline right now because I messed up the Grub2 > configuration so badly that it won't even give me a boot menu. > I'm running grub from squeeze with a hand-compiled xen 4.0.1-rc. There are

Re: [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[3.4 vs. 4.0 ...] > > Based on my experience with Xen I think that we should have both. Then if > one > doesn't work we can try the other. > > My impression of Xen stability is that trying two different versions and > hoping that one will work is a good strategy for any given server. > > Ba

Re: [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Thomas Goirand
Russell Coker wrote: > Based on my experience with Xen I think that we should have both. Then if > one > doesn't work we can try the other. I don't think having to do a double work is a good idea. > My impression of Xen stability is that trying two different versions and > hoping that one wil

Re: [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:54:28PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > I'm currently thinking about which version of Xen supporting in Squeeze. > > There are two possibilities: 3.4 and 4.0. 3.4 is currently in testing > > and unstable, 4.0 is in experimental

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Thomas Goirand
Łukasz Oleś wrote: > 2010/6/10 Bastian Blank : >>> My personal preference would be to go with 4.0. > > I completely agree. Probably more people will use pvops kernel with > 4.0 instead 3.4, so hopefully it will be better tested. Hi Bastian, I have been running Xen 4.0.0 on my laptop since you ma

Re: [RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Łukasz Oleś
2010/6/10 Bastian Blank : >> My personal preference would be to go with 4.0. I completely agree. Probably more people will use pvops kernel with 4.0 instead 3.4, so hopefully it will be better tested. -- Łukasz Oleś -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 10 juin 2010 à 17:54 +0200, Bastian Blank a écrit : > Xen 4.0 > === > Pros > - NUMA > - More tested with the Kernel in Squeeze > Cons > - Quite new > > My personal preference would be to go with 4.0. Your description sounds like it will be a lot easier to support 4.0, so unless there

[RESENT] Re: Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Bastian Blank
Whoops, wrong recipient. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:54:28PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > I'm currently thinking about which version of Xen supporting in Squeeze. > There are two possibilities: 3.4 and 4.0. 3.4 is currently in testing > and unstable, 4.0 is in experimental. > > Xen 3.4 > ===

Xen for Squeeze, 3.4 or 4.0

2010-06-10 Thread Bastian Blank
Hi folks I'm currently thinking about which version of Xen supporting in Squeeze. There are two possibilities: 3.4 and 4.0. 3.4 is currently in testing and unstable, 4.0 is in experimental. Xen 3.4 === Pros - Proofed to be stable Cons - NUMA-mode only opt-in, no infos about stability - Fails