The Xen Hypervisor is 15 years old, but like Linux, it is still undergoing significant upgrades and improvements. This talk will cover recent and upcoming developments in Xen on the x86 architecture, including the newly-released 'PVH' guest virtualization mode, the future of PV mode, qemu deprivileging, and more. We will cover why these new features are important for a wide range of environments, from cloud to embedded.
Principal Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D UK Ltd
George Dunlap worked with the Xen project while a graduate student at the University of Michigan before receiving his PhD in 2006, then worked as a core Xen developer for many years for Citrix's open-source team in Cambridge, England. He is now community manager and chairman of the... Read More →