Re: Xen2 removal: now or later

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

Alistair Crooks wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:47:56PM +0100, Christoph Egger wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Now that netbsd-5 branched, -current is now open for
>> the planned post netbsd-5 items.
>>
>> The Xen related items are:
>>
>> 1. Remove support for Xen 2
>> 2. PCI passthrough support for Xen 3
>>
>> Xen 2 support was only kept in for one reason:
>> NetBSD supports PCI passthrough with Xen 2 but not with Xen 3.
>>
>> The question is: when is the right time to throw away Xen 2 ?
>>
>> Should it be done now or should we wait for
>> a) PCI passthrough with Xen 3 is there
>> b) or netbsd-5 got some testing just in case to make pullups
>>    for Xen 2 easier ?
>>
>> The Pro item for removing Xen 2 now is that code becomes
>> cleaner and easier to deal with. Working on new stuff
>> is a lot easier then.
>>
>> I have a patch prepared for removing Xen 2:
>> http://www.netbsd.org/~cegger/rm_xen2.diff
> 
> Manuel got permission from core to remove Xen2 some time ago, I believe,
> so you should coordinate with him.

I discussed with him before branching netbsd-5 and we decided to
discuss this topic on port-xen@ *after* branching netbsd-5.

> It would be good if HEAD and netbsd-5 didn't diverge too quickly,
> though.

So you're argumenting for wait a little - point b) from above, right?

Christoph