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