[gentoo-server] Re: Xen Dom0 using kernel 3.0

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

(Sorry for top-posting. Gmail Java mobile client sucks.)

I was thinking of something similar to XCP ... but with Gentoo as the
Dom0. I'll call it GeDZux (Gentoo Domain Zero Linux) :P

Okay, more seriously: Since Dom0 must be as efficient as possible, I
personally think Gentoo should be one of the best.

The problem would be how to 'streamline' the installation of a
GeDZux-based Xen Platform. The SysAdmin already has lots of things to
think about; he/she doesn't need to think (too much) about which USE
flags to use, what CFLAGS to put in, which packages to emerge
*initially*, etc.

That is, how to provide sensible defaults yet not irreversibly
removing Gentoo's freedom. So, GeDZux will be a Gentoo variant, a
'submetadistro', if you will :P

Just some daydream, please don't flame or ridicule me :)

Rgds,


On 2011-08-14, Joost Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
> On Saturday, August 13, 2011 04:15:44 PM Pandu Poluan wrote:
>> So, anyone have any experience using kernel 3.0 as Xen Dom0?
>
> Not yet, it is in the todo-list though.
> Just waiting for a period where I can do the upgrade and afford a down-time
> with restoring backups if things go wrong.
>
>> (I have some idea of starting a Gentoo-variant-based Xen platform in
>> the vein of XCP/XenServer)
>
> What exactly are you thinking of implementing?
>
> --
> Joost
>
>


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