pkgsrc/sysutils/xenkernel3/DESCR
bouyer 15760d93dd Rename xenkernel30 to xenkernel3 to acknowledge that Xen dropped one digit
in version numbers, and upgrade to 3.1.0.
Changes since 3.0.4:
    *   XenAPI 1.0 support
          o XML configuration files for virtual machines;
          o VM life-cycle management operations; and
          o Secure on- or off-box XML-RPC with bindings for many languages
    * Basic save/restore/migrate support for HVM (e.g. Windows) VMs;
    * Dynamic memory control for HVM guests;
    * 32-on-64 PV guest support (run PAE PV VMs on a 64-bit Xen!); and
    * Blktap copy-on-write disk support.

It also fixes some HVM bugs.
2007-06-14 19:37:00 +00:00

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Xen is a virtual machine monitor for x86 hardware (runs only on
i686-class CPUs), which supports running multiple guests operating
systems on a single machine. Guest OSes (also called "domains")
require a modified kernel which supports Xen hypercalls in replacement
to access to the physical hardware. At boot, the xen kernel is loaded
(via grub) along with the guest kernel for the first domain (called
domain0). domain0 has privileges to access the physical hardware (PCI
and ISA devices), administrate other domains and provide virtual
devices (disks and network) to other domains.
This package contains the Xen3 kernel itself.