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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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 {{Anchor|Virtualization}}
 == Virtualization ==
-In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the @et-mgmnt-tools-list, @fedora-xen-list, and @libvirt-list lists.
+In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
+@fedora-virt list.
 Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]
 === Fedora Virtualization List ===
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 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].
-==== Virtualization Test Day ====
+==== Virt Status Report ====
-The Fedora 11 "Test Day"<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Test_Days</ref> for virtualization<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2009-05-07_Virtualization</ref>  took place on Thursday May 7th.
+[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
+posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html</ref> a Fedora virtualization status report.
+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.
-[[MarkMcLoughlin|Mark McLoughlin]]
+<references />
-thought<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-May/msg00046.html</ref>
-"we made heaps of progress today. To give you an idea of
-what went on today, see below for the list of bugs that were filed
-during the test day." See the post for a concise list of bugs revealed during
-testing.
-<references/>
+==== RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity ====
+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.
-==== Fedora virt status ====
+[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
-[[MarkMcLoughlin|Mark McLoughlin]]
+explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html</ref>
-posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-May/msg00020.html</ref>
+"The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind
-another informative Fedora virtualization status report.
+Fedora as you might think. The {{package|libvirt}} mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was
-For those who live life beyond the bleeding edge, Mark points out
+rebased to be near parity with [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]], and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is
-"F12 tracker bugs have been created.<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Virtualization_bugs</ref>
+also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of
-The F12 blocker and target bugs depend on the F11 counterparts. The
+kvm-83 and kvm-84."
-idea is that if we don't fix a bug in F11, it's automatically on the
-F12 tracker but we still have a list of bugs worth fixing in a post-GA
-F11 update."
-Read the full post for more coverage of developments and useful bug summaries.
 <references />
-==== libguestfs on non-Fedora Platforms ====
-[[CharlesDuffy|Charles Duffy]]
-described<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-May/msg00017.html</ref>
-some "personal hackery" created to solve the same problems as {{package|libguestfs}}
-(FWN#174<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue174#New_Release_libguestfs_1.0.15</ref>),
-but by way of a different toolchain. Charles wanted to build <code>libguestfs</code> on his platform
-but uncovered many bugs and asked, "is my goal reasonable, or am I better off sticking with my in-house solution for the time being?"
-[[RichardJones|Richard Jones]] addressed several of the bugs and
-posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-May/msg00029.html</ref>
-his "notes on building libguestfs and dependencies on RHEL 5 and derived distributions" followed with a blow by blow account of hammering <code>libguestfs</code> and its dependencies into submission. Finally, Richard announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-May/msg00045.html</ref> RPMs for RHEL/CentOS 5.3.
-Charles thanked<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-May/msg00047.html</ref> him
-"kindly for going above and beyond on this one!".
+====  ====
 <references />
-=== Fedora Xen List ===
+====  ====
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen fedora-xen list].
-==== Experimental Dom0 on Fedora 11 ====
-[[PasiKärkkäinen|Pasi Kärkkäinen]]
-reports<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-May/msg00007.html</ref>
-success with a dom0 kernel using Fedora 11 Rawhide.
-"I'm able to run Xen paravirtual (PV) domUs, install new
-domUs using virt-install and also install and manage domains with virt-manager."
-The environment used was:
-* Fedora 11 (rawhide as of 2009-05-05)
-* Xen included in F11, no external patches (xen-3.3.1-11.fc11)
-* xen-tip/next pv_ops dom0 kernel as of 2009-05-06, Linux 2.6.30-rc3.
-* All the rest was standard stuff included in Fedora 11 aswell
-[[MichaelYoung|Michael Young]]
-continues<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-May/msg00000.html</ref>
-to post experimental dom0 kernels to a yum repo<ref>http://fedorapeople.org/~myoung/dom0/</ref>.
 <references />

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