Xen 3.3 feature list now finalized

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Xen 3.3 feature list now finalized

Posted by Alessandro Perilli | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |

Xen.org just published the tentative Xen 3.3 datasheet which contains the full list of new features included in the new version of the open source hypervisor:

Performance and Scalability

CPUID Levelling
Shadow 3 Page Table Optimizations
EPT/NPT 2MB Page Support
Virtual Framebuffer Support for HVM Guests
PVSCSI -- SCSI Support for PV Guests
Full 16-bit Emulation on Intel VT

Security

PVGRUB Secure Replacement for PYGRUB
IO Emulation “stub domains” for HVM IO

Green Computing

Enhanced C & P State Power Management
Graphics Support
VT-d Device Pass-Through Support

Miscellaneous

Upgrade QEMU Version
Multi-Queue Support for Modern NICs
Removal of Domain Lock for PV Guests
Message Signalled Interrupts

The datasheet is also interesting because it provides an updated list of the major Xen contributors: Intel, AMD, HP, Dell, IBM, Novell, Red Hat, Sun, Fujitsu, Samsung, and Oracle.

While most of the companies listed above are well-known names, finding a telco giant like Samsung is pretty uncommon.
In November 2007 Samsung was working to bring Xen on PDAs. In June 2008 virtualization.info reported that the company was porting Xen on the ARM architecture.

Virtualization may reach mobile devices soon.

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