On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Allen Tsang atsang@advance.net wrote:
By Paravirtualization, I mean the installation of "tools" or "guest additions" type packages, which present virtual interfaces to the guest OS. So in VMware, a component of this would mean setting "ethernet0.virtualDev = vmxnet", and having the tools modules pre-installed. A fully virtualized OS for VMware would support all that crap.
Let's call these paravirtualized drivers ;), because the system itself is fully virtualized under VMWare and VirtualBox, that's why they can run unmodified operating systems.
I know of tru's efforts and others on this front and I really appreciate the knowledge they have brought to the table, but I feel that it's about time that some dedicated entity step in and 'solve' this problem
Can you concretely define the problem, and your proposed solution? I am not sure what you are aiming for, and what Tru's images are missing that you are looking for.
One man cannot keep such a beast up to date; it needs to be a dedicated effort or project.
I think Tru is doing a great job this far. The thing is that we could make a project out of any problem, but that in practice all work is done by one or a few dedicated people. Look at the i586 project: a lot of people say they need CentOS-5 for i586, some people volunteer, some people insist on creating a subproject for this, but in practice nothing happens until someone single-handedly gets the effort going.
To me, it seems best to send suggestions to Tru if something is missing. If you want to create something different, write a proposal and send it to this list (if it is related to virtualization, -devel otherwise).
Take care, Daniel