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[Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jesse and Anthony,
>
> Mike McClurg has a devstack branch that implements support for
> devstack on Debian/Ubuntu + the XCP toolstack [1]. Bascially, you can
> take a Debian/Ubuntu system with the xcp-xapi package installed and
> configured [2] and then run the devstack xcp-toolstack branch
> (specially the scripts in the xcp-toolstack directory of that branch)
> to prepare the Debian/Ubuntu-based Dom0 and build the OpenStack VM on
> top of that. We've been testing it and we also have some early
> adopters that have also been testing it. We would like to open it up
> to a wider audience.
>

Oops. I swapped the link references. corrected as:
[1] https://github.com/mcclurmc/devstack/tree/xcp-toolstack/tools/xcp-toolstack
[2] http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XCP_toolstack_on_a_Debian-based_distribution

>
> First of all, our you guys interested in merging this type of suppport
> into devstack?
>
> Second, we are wondering about the right implementation approach as
> far as merging it with the existing Xen scripts. The are basically two
> choices:
>
> 1) Pull in the xcp-toolstack branch as its own and have it just work,
> but have the maintenance problem of duplication of code. (Less work
> now, bigger maintenance cost)
>
> or
>
> 2) Refactor the xcp-toolstack and Xen versions so that the common code
> is factored out nicely. (More work now, less maintenance cost)
>
> For your convenience, a diff is available here:
> http://paste.openstack.org/show/4909/
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
> --
> Todd Deshane
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/deshantm
> http://blog.xen.org/
> http://wiki.xen.org/



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