Feature changed by: James Fehlig (jfehlig) Feature #311112, revision 4 Title: libvirt driver for new xen toolstack Hackweek VI: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: James Fehlig (jfehlig) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Xen 4.1.0 (due February 2011) will be the first release in which the new xl/libxl (aka libxenlight [1]) toolstack will be the default, preferred tool set. Although still included in the release, the legacy xm/xend toolstack will be disabled and in process of deprecation. libvirt needs a hypervisor driver that can communicate with the new Xen toolstack. I'll be working on a libvirt driver for libxl during HW6. [1] http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-11/msg00436.html Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: There are many tools using libvirt: vm-install, virt- manager, virt-viewer, vhostmd, libvirt-cim, ... None of these tools will work with Xen 4.1.0 without a libvirt libxl driver. + Discussion: + #1: James Fehlig (jfehlig) (2011-01-24 17:31:25) + I've posted a RFC on implementation approaches of the libvirt + libxenlight driver on libvirt mailing list. + https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-January/msg00875.html (https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-January/msg00875.html) + We have decided to go with an entirely new driver instead of adding + libxenlight support to existing Xen unified driver. + Let the coding begin ... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311112