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Virtualization

In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the @fedora-virt list.

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

Fedora Virtualization List

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-virt list.

Virt Status Report

Justin Forbes posted^[1] a Fedora virtualization status report. Justin pointed out F13 bugs^[2] now include Important and Pony classifications in addition to Blocker and Target.

↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html
↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_bugs

RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity

Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features^[1] of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 compared to Fedora 12.

Daniel Berrange explained^[2] "The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind Fedora as you might think. The libvirt mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was rebased to be near parity with Fedora 11, and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of kvm-83 and kvm-84."

↑ http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/
↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html

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-[[Category:Virtualization]]
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 {{Anchor|Virtualization}}
 == Virtualization ==
-In this section, we cover discussion on the @et-mgmnt-tools-list, @fedora-xen-list, @libvirt-list and @ovirt-devel-list of Fedora virtualization technologies.
+In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
+@fedora-virt list.
 Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]
-=== Enterprise Management Tools List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools et-mgmt-tools list]
 === Fedora Virtualization List ===
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 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].
-==== bzImage Dom0 Support in Rawhide Xen ====
+==== Virt Status Report ====
-Pasi Kärkkäinen
+[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
-announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-February/msg00001.html</ref>
+posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html</ref> a Fedora virtualization status report.
-the lastest {{package|xen}} builds in [[Releases/Rawhide|Rawhide]] support
+Justin pointed out F13 bugs<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_bugs</ref> now include Important and Pony classifications in addition to Blocker and Target.
-<code>bzImage</code> compressed dom0 kernels. Xen previously only supported
-<code>zImage</code> compressed kernels. This development was one of the preqequisite
-work items for the [[Features/XenPvopsDom0|Xen pvops Dom0]] feature.
-This good news was tempered by the fact that there is still no dom0 capable
-{{package|kernel}} in Rawhide. However, such a <code>kernel</code> can be
-built<ref>http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps</ref> for testing.
-Gerd Hoffmann
-reports<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-February/msg00027.html</ref>
-success doing just that. Such kernels are not yet stable enough for
-use<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-February/msg00055.html</ref>.
-See coverage of the @fedora-xen list later in this issue for news of an available dom0 <code>kernel</code> RPM.
 <references />
-==== Fedora Virt Status Update ====
+==== RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity ====
-Mark McLoughlin composed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-February/msg00061.html</ref> another informative weekly update on the status of virtualization development in Fedora. Some highlights included:
+Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features<ref>http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/</ref> of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
+compared to Fedora 12.
-* A <code>pvmmu</code> problem casues some guest installs on an F11 Alpha host to <code>oops</code> during heavy network activity ({{bz|480822}})
+[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
-* Work has begun on Fedora 11 virtualization [[Documentation_Virtualization_Beat|release notes]].
+explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html</ref>
-* The 0.6.0 release of {{package|libvirt}} was not completely without problems.
+"The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind
-* All Fedora 11 virtualization features can be found [[:Category:F11_Virt_Features|all together]].
+Fedora as you might think. The {{package|libvirt}} mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was
-* The <code>KVM</code>/<code>QEmu</code> merge project has settled on a naming scheme.
+rebased to be near parity with [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]], and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is
-* <code>KVM</code> PCI device assignment continues to have issues. The "core of the problem is that devices must be reset before being assigned if they have been previously used in the host."
+also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of
-* The addition of <code>bzImage</code> loading support to the <code>Xen</code> hypervisor is enabling users to build test Dom0 kernels.
+kvm-83 and kvm-84."
-* A detailed of accounting reveals the bug count going from 191 to 192.
 <references />
-==== Merging KVM and QEmu Packages ====
-A feature<ref>[[Features/KVM_and_QEMU_merge]]</ref> in the works for Fedora 11 is a merge of the {{package|kvm}} package with the {{package|qemu}} package. Glauber Costa recently took the first step in this process by creating a test
-build<ref>http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1105051</ref> and starting a very long thread<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-February/msg00000.html</ref>  on naming of all the subpackages which will soon make up <code>QEmu</code>.
+====  ====
 <references />
-=== Fedora Xen List ===
+====  ====
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen fedora-xen list].
-==== Test Dom0 Xen Kernel RPM Available ====
-M A Young
-built<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-February/msg00014.html</ref>
-a dom0 capable <code>kernel</code> RPM. It's suitable only for testing; "use it very much at your own risk".
 <references />
-=== Libvirt List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
-=== oVirt Devel List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel ovirt-devel list].

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