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Why libxen:
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The main goals of the library is to provide an stable API abstracting
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the underlying acual implementation of the hypervisor calls.
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1/ Stable API:
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by isolating the data structures and entry points used at the low
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level Xen Hypervisor interfaces, allowing evolution of said interface
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over time without breaking the application visible API and ABI
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2/ Abstraction:
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by providing at the C level simplified concept exposed only as opaque
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structure for the hypervisor connection, domains and other kind of
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objects which may be needed in the future. It must also provide
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a set of higher level function calls simplifying the developement
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of applications using the supervisor.
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3/ Maintainability and openness:
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All data structures and entry points must be fully documented, all
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changes will be driven in an open fashion based on a publicly archived
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mailing-list allowing peer-review before changes will be introduced.
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Tools and regression tests will be implemented and shipped as part of the
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releases of the library.
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Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
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