[CentOS] What is the REAL version of Xen in 5.1?

Stephen John Smoogen smooge at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 19:10:53 UTC 2007


On Dec 17, 2007 7:49 AM, Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker at medallion.com> wrote:
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> I have a 5.1 system with Xen installed. The package says 3.0.3, but an 'xm
> info' shows 3.1.
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>  So what is it? Is it 3.0.3 patched to 3.1 or is it 3.1 packaged as 3.0.3?
> And if it's the former, does anybody have any idea why upstream wouldn't
> just deploy 3.1 (now 3.1.2) which is more stable?
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It is 3.0.3 with patches that would have been 3.0.4 but became 3.1.
when 5.0 was being put together.

The 3.1.x might occur as a technology preview in 5.2 but only after
making sure that an overnight update isnt going to break someones 10k
Xen box hosting site.


>  -Ross
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