Hey John, We have a glossary here that helps direct you to the relevant pages: https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Glossary
However, for a glossary of terms it depends what you are searching for. I don't believe we have a full page of terms on the old wiki but instead pages split out by categories. I'd suggest posting in the @xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org> mailing list as a suggestion and see if any of the other developers have the same idea. I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to set up, and you may even receive help from other members. For the full pages, you can refer here: https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Special:AllPages Many thanks, Kelly Choi Community Manager Xen Project On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 10:58 PM John L. Poole <jlpool...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Kelly. I successfully edited a talk page concerning the > definition of *VT-d*: https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Talk:VTd_HowTo > > I searched and did not readily find a glossary of terms within the Xen > wiki. I'm finding I keep encountering acronyms and terms of art which trip > me up in fully digesting what is being said. Is there a page where terms > are defined? I would go a long way to have terms linked to their > definitions. If not, what would be the best way to propose that the wiki > have such a page? > > Best, > > John > On 12/27/2023 1:53 PM, Kelly Choi wrote: > > Hi John, > > Thank you for your dedicated commitment to The Xen Project. We're grateful > to individuals such as yourself who make the project successful. > > I've found your username under "jlpoole" and amended the access rights. > You should be able to edit the pages now. We rely on community members to > help us keep our documentation updated, so thank you for offering to help! > > We're going to be updating our documentation as part of a wider strategy > but the Wiki will still be here until we do so. If you're interested we'd > love to involve you during these steps too. > > Most of our developers chat on Matrix and send patches through our mailing > list. Please join us below and be sure to introduce yourself: > > > 💡 XenProject: https://matrix.to/#/#XenProject:matrix.org > > > 💡 XenDevel: https://matrix.to/#/#XenDevel:matrix.org > > > 💡 XenSocial: https://matrix.to/#/#XenSocial:matrix.org > > Many thanks, > Kelly Choi > > Community Manager > Xen Project > > > On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 5:08 PM John L. Poole <jlpool...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Community Manager(s), >> >> my wiki username: jlpoole >> >> I think I've been using Xen for over a decade and possibly have had an >> account on this wiki from the commencement of my voyage into Xen. >> >> You mustn't let the wiki be in a deep freeze. I have colleagues >> insisting I switch to KVM, but I resist and want to make Xen work, >> especially after an incident several years ago where your top developers >> where helping with a problem I faced (and, regrettably, it turned out to be >> a problem caused by Microsoft's wireless keyboard interfering somehow with >> the boot process). >> >> For example, I am now building 2 new servers on Ryzen 7950+ processors >> and am installing Xen on them. I'm trying to learn and use the >> pci-passthrough and I found a term "<guest virtual slot number>" at >> https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough#Verifying_that_the_device_is_ready_to_be_passed_through >> . >> >> Hotplug >> >> Commands to hot-plug and unplug a device into a running VM are below: >> >> xl pci-attach <domain-id> <pci device> <guest virtual slot number> >> xl pci-detach <domain-id> <pci device> <guest virtual slot number> >> >> (Replace xl with xm if you're using xend.) >> >> Google is unable to match "<guest virtual slot number>" with other >> documentation, so it looks like the term was coined on this wiki page with >> no further explanation. I know what a <domain-id> is and it is defined >> in other documentation. That should be discussed and clarified. Here's >> what brought this term in focus: my attempt to follow the instruction left >> me punting as to what the value is for the parameter "<guest virtual >> slot number>" -- tried "0, but no success: >> >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # date; xl pci-assignable-list >> Wed Dec 27 08:04:12 AM PST 2023 >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # xl pci-assignable-add 15:00.0 >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # date; xl pci-assignable-list >> Wed Dec 27 08:06:22 AM PST 2023 >> 0000:15:00.0 >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # date >> Wed Dec 27 08:10:51 AM PST 2023 >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # xl list >> Name ID Mem VCPUs State >> Time(s) >> Domain-0 0 1024 32 >> r----- 30.5 >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # xl pci-attach 0 0000:15:00.0 >> libxl: error: libxl_pci.c:1536:libxl__device_pci_reset: write to >> /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:15:00.0/reset returned -1: Inappropriate ioctl >> for device >> libxl: error: libxl_pci.c:1498:pci_add_dm_done: xc_assign_device failed: >> Invalid argument >> libxl: error: libxl_pci.c:1777:device_pci_add_done: libxl__device_pci_add >> failed for PCI device 0:15:0.0 (rc -3) >> libxl: error: libxl_device.c:1414:device_addrm_aocomplete: unable to add >> device >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # xl pci-attach 0 0000:15:00.0 0 >> libxl: error: libxl_pci.c:1536:libxl__device_pci_reset: write to >> /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:15:00.0/reset returned -1: Inappropriate ioctl >> for device >> libxl: error: libxl_pci.c:1498:pci_add_dm_done: xc_assign_device failed: >> Invalid argument >> libxl: error: libxl_pci.c:1777:device_pci_add_done: libxl__device_pci_add >> failed for PCI device 0:15:0.0 (rc -3) >> libxl: error: libxl_device.c:1414:device_addrm_aocomplete: unable to add >> device >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # date; xl pci-assignable-list >> Wed Dec 27 08:13:46 AM PST 2023 >> 0000:15:00.0 >> ryzwork /home/jlpoole # >> >> >> I was a software engineer at Oracle for 24 years, I retired January >> 2023. >> Please allow me to edit the wiki. >> >> Kind regards, >> John >> -- >> >> John Laurence Poole >> 1566 Court ST NE >> Salem OR 97301-4241 >> >> -- > > John Laurence Poole > 1566 Court ST NE > Salem OR 97301-4241 > >
