Xen/ia64 Roadmap
For upstream merge see XenIA64/UpstreamMerge
Task |
Priority |
Developer |
Comment |
Kexec/Kdump |
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Horms |
In progress, patches available |
HVM domain save/restore |
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Isaku |
Complete, in tree (2007-11-07) |
eepro100 Qemu driver |
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Wing |
In progress, prototype works with Linux, not Windows |
Support for more HVM OSes |
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Fujitsu |
In progress |
Better NUMA support |
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Anthony has investigated |
HVM domain migration |
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HVM domain ballooning |
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VT-d support |
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Better Windows VGA modes w/ open GFW |
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Supported in Intel GFW |
GFW serial console support |
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Increasing Xenheap |
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For sparse memory and increased vCPU limits |
Increasing Xen page size |
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Discussed at OLS2007 |
Remove hard domain count limit |
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Remove vCPU count limit |
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Perhaps only limited by xenheap |
Virtualized processor modules |
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To support more vCPUs on socket limited OS licenses |
Improved performance & stability |
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Ongoing |
Merge with upstream Linux |
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NUMA emulation |
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Similar to Linux x86_64 NUMA_EMU |
Scalability |
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Debugging Tools VMM |
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Fujitsu |
In progress, VMM debugging |
Debugging Tools Other |
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tools stack, guest OS debugging |
Fast Hypercall via gate page |
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Super page/Hugetlbfs support |
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PMU Virtualization |
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Performance Isolation |
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