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[Snaps] Extend microVM snapshot compatibility

Open xmarcalx opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Feature Request

Allow to use a snapshot of a microVM in any supported architecture minimizing the need of different snapshots for different architecture and a more seamless usage of snapshots for a user. This issue will track the activity to support such feature, including documentation update, definition of compatibility matrix and tests.

Describe the desired solution

This feature allow to take a snapshot of a microVM on a supported architecture and allow Firecracker to resume the microVM on a different supported architecture.

Describe possible alternatives

there is no alternative at the moment.

Additional context

[Author TODO: Add additional context about this feature request here.]

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xmarcalx avatar Mar 31 '22 19:03 xmarcalx

Related issue: https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/1722

alindima avatar Apr 12 '22 08:04 alindima