| Re: Re: Which of the virtualization approaches is more suitable for kernel? [message #1769 is a reply to message #1757] |
Thu, 23 February 2006 12:02   |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>Back to the topic. If you (or somebody else) wants to see the real size of
>>things, take a look at broken-out patch set, available from
>>http://download.openvz.org/kernel/broken-out/. Here (2.6.15-025stab014.1 kernel)
>>we see that it all boils down to:
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> Thanks. This is the first indication I have seen that you even have broken-out
> patches.
When Kirill Korovaev announced OpenVZ patch set on LKML (two times --
initially and for 2.6.15), he gave the links to the broken-out patch
set, both times.
> Why those aren't in your source rpms is beyond me.
That reflects our internal organization: we have a core virtualization
team which comes up with a core patch (combining all the stuff), and a
maintenance team which can add some extra patches (driver updates, some
bugfixes). So that extra patches comes up as a separate patches in
src.rpms, while virtualization stuff comes up as a single patch. That
way it is easier for our maintainters group.
Sure we understand this is not convenient for developers who want to
look at our code -- and thus we provide broken-out kernel patch sets
from time to time (not for every release, as it requires some effort
from Kirill, who is really buzy anyway). So, if you want this for a
specific kernel -- just ask.
I understand that this might look strange, but again, this reflects our
internal development structure.
> Everything
> seems to have been posted in a 2-3 day window at the end of January and the
> beginning of February. Is this something you are now providing?
Again, yes, occasionally from time to time, or upon request.
> Shakes head. You have a patch in broken-out that is 817K. Do you really
> maintain it this way as one giant patch?
In that version I took (025stab014) it was indeed as one big patch, and
I believe Kirill maintains it that way.
Previous kernel version (025stab012) was more fine-grained, take a look
at http://download.openvz.org/kernel/broken-out/2.6.15-025stab0 12.1
> Please let's not get side tracked playing whose patch is bigger.
Absolutely agree!
Regards,
Kir Kolyshkin, OpenVZ team.
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