VMware-friendly change likely for Linux
Posted by Fraser Campbell Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:42:00 GMT
Stephen Shankland on CNet’s news.com wrote about the getting VMware’s VMI support into the kernel.
I blogged on this topic a few times in the past month in VMI – Progress Towards a Standard Paravirtualized API? and in Light at the end of the tunnel for kernel-xen?.
Shankland adds to this with some interesting quotes from kernel bigwig Andrew Morton and Xenmaster Ian Pratt.
This quote from Ian Pratt sounds promising:
The Open Source Development Labs has taken an active role in trying to clean up the situation, Pratt added. “OSDL has volunteered to set up meetings to get this stuff discussed,” he said, noting they would possibly be set up through a virtualization task force.
On the other hand:
Morton said the Xen programmers haven’t been active in the interface work. “This has been floating around for a year, and I’ve heard precious little from the Xen team on the topic,” Morton said.
There are a few other interesting statements in the article so you would be best to read it at source if interested.
Once again there is light at the end of the tunnel – I just can’t tell if it’s getting dimmer or brighter.
