linux-kernel - Re: Xen is a feature

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Date:	Thu, 28 May 2009 18:27:48 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@...citrix.com>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@...citrix.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kurt C. Hackel" <kurt.hackel@...cle.com>,
	Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@...rix.com>,
	xen-users@...ts.xensource.com,
	Ky Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@...ell.com>,
	Eric Anderson <EAnderson@...ell.com>,
	Wim Coekaerts <wimcoekaerts@...mekes.net>,
	Stephen Spector <stephen.spector@...rix.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: Xen is a feature

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 05:45:34PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Mozilla and Debian are hosted on Xen systems.

A tiny data point about these domains.  They are hosted by osuosl.org,
which uses xen systems running with the current dom0 patch set.  Because
those patches are out-of-tree, they have a hard time updating kernel
versions, and generally lag kernel.org releases by a lot, which is not
always a good thing.

So getting the dom0 patches into mainline will make their lives much
easier, and more secure.

thanks,

greg k-h
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