Changes between Initial Version and Version 9 of Ticket #64


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Apr 29, 2008, 11:43:18 PM (17 years ago)
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  • Ticket #64

    • Property Status changed from new to assigned
    • Property Summary changed from Converting HVM to ParaVM to Booting 32-bit guest kernel
    • Property Milestone changed from to Public Beta
    • Property Owner changed from hartmans to broder
    • Property Type changed from enhancement to defect

  • Ticket #64 – Description

    initial v9  
    1 If pygrub does what I think it does (i.e. if it can read the partition table), then it should be possible to change an HVM into a ParaVM.
     1A 32-bit kernel, even with PAE enabled, kernel panics very early in the boot process. This makes it really annoying to convert a 32-bit install to a ParaVM without a wheelbarrow full of --try-harders.
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    3 If ParaVMs really get all of performance benefits we think they do, we should offer a clean path for people to turn their Alpha-grade HVMs into Beta-grade ParaVMs. All that should be necessary is that the user installs the right kernel, shuts down, frobs the database somehow, and turns the machine back on.
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    5 I would personally really like to see this feature, as I'd like to convert some of my VMs into ParaVMs instead of HVMs
     3I've asked a few times on irc.freenode.net/##xen, and so far nobody has any good ideas.