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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.

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

Enterprise Management Tools List

This section contains the discussion happening on the et-mgmt-tools list

Fedora Virtualization List

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-virt list.

Fedora Xen List

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-xen list.

Libvirt List

This section contains the discussion happening on the libvir-list.

Status and Plans for Next Release

Daniel Veillard recapped^[1] the release plans. A "feature freeze on the 22nd" and a "target for next release is Friday 29th".

Work will continue on "reviewing and adding OpenNebula^[2]/Power^[3] drivers and try to get the NPIV^[4], netcf^[5] 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^[6] driver updates commited since 0.6.3."

Support for Multi-headed Guests

Patches from Pritesh Kothari adding support for multiple graphics devices have been committed committed^[1]

↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00136.html

Virtual Box Support Increases

Pritesh Kothari contributed patches improving the VirtualBox^[1] driver submitted^[2] just last month.

"support for vrdp/sdl/gui"^[3]
"support for "Host only" and "Internal" networks"^[4]

PCI Passthrough Support

Aaron Clausen had^[1] trouble using PCI passthrough^[2].

Daniel Berrange noted^[3] there aren't any docs on the [libvirt] website yet, but Mark McLoughlin "just wrote up some notes^[4] for the Fedora 11 virt test" day.

Daniel also noted "you need a machine supporting VT-D^[5]" (or IOMMU^[6] 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 ..."

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 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
-====  ====
+==== Status and Plans for Next Release ====
+[[DanielVeillard|Daniel Veillard]]
+recapped<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-May/msg00220.html</ref>
+the release plans. A
+"feature freeze on the 22nd" and a
+"target for next release is Friday 29th".
+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
+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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