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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, @libvirt-list and @ovirt-devel-list lists.
+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]
-====  ====
-<references />
 === Fedora Virtualization List ===
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 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].
-====  ====
+==== Virt Status Report ====
-<references />
+[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
+posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html</ref> a Fedora virtualization status report.
-=== Fedora Xen List ===
+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.
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen fedora-xen list].
-====  ====
 <references />
-=== Libvirt List ===
+==== RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity ====
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
+Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features<ref>http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/</ref> of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
+compared to Fedora 12.
-==== Status and Plans for Next Release ====
+[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
-[[DanielVeillard|Daniel Veillard]]
+explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html</ref>
-recapped<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00220.html</ref>
+"The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind
-the release plans. A
+Fedora as you might think. The {{package|libvirt}} mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was
-"feature freeze on the 22nd" and a
+rebased to be near parity with [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]], and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is
-"target for next release is Friday 29th".
+also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of
+kvm-83 and kvm-84."
-Work will continue on
-"reviewing and adding OpenNebula<ref>http://www.opennebula.org/</ref>/Power<ref>http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/</ref> drivers and try to get the
-NPIV<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPIV</ref>, <code>netcf</code><ref>https://fedorahosted.org/netcf/</ref> and secure migration patches in. It's likely not
-everything will make the release cut but we can try !"
-"So far we have mostly a lot of bug fixes and VirtualBox<ref>http://www.virtualbox.org/</ref> driver updates commited since 0.6.3."
 <references />
-==== Support for Multi-headed Guests ====
-Patches from
-[[PriteshKothari|Pritesh Kothari]]
-adding support for multiple graphics devices have been
-committed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00136.html</ref>
+====  ====
 <references />
-==== Virtual Box Support Increases ====
+====  ====
-[[PriteshKothari|Pritesh Kothari]]
-contributed patches improving the VirtualBox<ref>http://www.virtualbox.org/</ref>
-driver submitted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-April/msg00232.html</ref> just last month.
-* "support for vrdp/sdl/gui"<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00157.html</ref>
-* "support for "Host only" and "Internal" networks"<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00115.html</ref>
-<references />
-==== PCI Passthrough Support ====
-[[AaronClausen|Aaron Clausen]]
-had<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00122.html</ref>
-trouble using PCI passthrough<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KVM_PCI_Device_Assignment</ref>.
-[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
-noted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00126.html</ref>
-"there aren't any docs on the [<code>libvirt</code>] website yet, but
-[[MarkMcLoughlin|Mark McLoughlin]]
-just wrote up some notes<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2009-05-07_Virtualization_KVM_PCI_Device_Assignment</ref>
-for the Fedora 11 virt test" day.
-Daniel also noted "you need a machine supporting VT-D<ref>http://www.intel.com/technology/itj/2006/v10i3/2-io/1-abstract.htm</ref>"
-(or IOMMU<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOMMU</ref> in general)
-"for this work - the vast
-majority of hosts with fullvirt support do *not* yet support VT-D
-passthrough, but perhaps you're lucky ..."
 <references />

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