[Pkg-xen-devel] Changes for 3.2

[Ralph Passgang]

Hi all,

Am Montag, 3. Dezember 2007 10:21:59 schrieb Julien Danjou:
> Hi Bastian,
>
> At 1196596219 time_t, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > Some proposed changes:
> > * Fixiate the API/ABI of some libs, for the stable version, including
> >   - libxenctrl,
> >   - libxenstat,
> >   - libxenstore.
> >   As upstream don't know what abinames are for, roll own abinames.
>
> Argh.
>
> > * Add libxenctrlX, libxenstatX, libxenstoreX, if abinames may be
> >   different or libxenX if the abinames should the same for all libs.
> > * Add libxen-dev including
> >   - static libxenctrl, libxenstat, libxenstore,
> >   - maybe static libxenapi,
> >   - public Xen headers,
> >   - library headers.
> > * Include the security tools.

do you mean sHype and vtpm? I would really like seeing that in the debian 
packages.

> > * Move xenstore-* tools into own package. They are usefull on all
> >   domains.
> > * 3.2 should finally support 32bit utils on a 64bit hypervisor, so add
> >   amd64 hypervisor for i386.

I think a dom0 kernel compiled against a recent xen version is needed for 
that. at least the debian 2.6.18-5-xen kernels aren't new enough for that.

do you have plans for a new -xen kernel too?

> > * For remaining private libs, use $ORIGIN in rpath.

we should think about including vfb/xenfb. might be useful for some people.

> Seems fine.