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bring the virtualization roadmap up to date.
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$NetBSD: virtualization,v 1.5 2012/01/15 02:45:42 agc Exp $
Add roadmap files, outlining the directions, projects and rough indicative timescales for new development within the networking storage system virtualization More roadmaps will be forthcoming. The dates in these documents may well change, and are provided for guidance on relative, not absolute, timescales.
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NetBSD Virtualization Roadmap
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This is a small roadmap document, and deals with the virtualization
side of the operating system.
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Features that will be in 6.0:
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1. NetBSD/usermode
5. Xen domU migration, suspend and resume
6. Xen balloon driver support
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Features which may make future releases:
2. virtualization jails via secmodel
3. iSCSI booting
4. iSCSI device cloning
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We'll continue to update this roadmap as features and dates get firmed up.
Some explanations
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1. NetBSD/usermode
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NetBSD/usermode is an port of NetBSD to a POSIX-compatible user-space,
with the intention that it should be possible to run the usermode
version of NetBSD on any POSIX-compatible operating system. This code
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has been committed to the repository by jmcneill, and updated by reinoud
and jmcneill. usermode can now boot up to X11, can use a vnc console,
and is under active development now. This is most definitely in 6.0.
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Responsible: jmcneill, reinoud
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2. Virtualization Jails via secmodel
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One novel way of creating jails for virtualization is to use a new
secmodel (part of the kauth framework), to isolate processes into
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jail-based virtual machines. This is the basis of a paper given by
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bad@ at AsiaBSDcon in March 2008. This will not make 6.0
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3. iSCSI booting
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In order to make Xen domains migration-friendly, the storage that the
domain uses must be based on some form of network-centric storage, either
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NFS, or a SAN or IP-SAN. For IP-SANs, iSCSI booting will be used. This
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is dependent on the in-kernel iSCSI initiator project completing. This will not make 6.0
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Responsible: agc
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4. iSCSI device cloning
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To minimise the storage requirements for multiple domU booting, using
a standard root filesystem or block device for the domU is required, along
with some form of copy-on-write mechanism to preserve any modifications
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that are made. This will not make 6.0
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Responsible: agc
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2009-09-16 01:07:58 +04:00
5. Xen domU migration, suspend and resume
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Xen domU migration is where a domU domain is moved from one dom0 to
another dom0 on the same vlan (to avoid networking problems, the
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virtual arp address migrates with the domU itself). jym has committed
this code, and it will be in 6.0
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Responsible: jym, bouyer
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Update the NetBSD roadmaps to reflect recent changes. Please contact core if you have other major projects and requirements that you would like to see included.
2009-09-16 01:07:58 +04:00
6. Xen balloon driver support
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The balloon driver allows more memory to be added to a running Xen domU
instance; this allows extra memory to be used by the domU for resource
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peak needs. cherry has made a preliminary balloon driver and this has been
further updated and tested by jym. This will be in 6.0.
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Responsible: jym, cherry
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Alistair Crooks
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