The following features/enhancements are proposed for Xen 3.4:
Performance and Scalability
- netchannel2 for accelerated guest networking * including VMDQ, VT-c / SR-IOV / smart NIC support
- scheduler2 * better RT, HT; gang scheduling; domain co-sched; power awareness
- page sharing and delta compression
- 2MB page support for PV guests
Manageability & Fault Tolerance
- Improved python XenAPI support (managed domains, CIM bindings)
- Better migration control protocol (including handshake, compat, rollback)
- VM checkpointing for h/w fault tolerance
- Machine check architecture support
- Native OVF support
XCI (Xen Client Initiative)
- Client device virt (e.g. battery status etc)
- GPU virtualization with Gallium
- USB 2.0 support, PV USB support
- Trusted HID
- Simple VGA/text-mode management console
Security
- Xen lockdown as standard (NODMA/DEV/VT-d etc)
- Trusted/attested boot
- "Page boxing" (confidential grants)
Misc
- SCSI PV drivers moving from experimental to supported
- pv_ops dom0 linux kernel
- SATA command virtualization
If you are interested in new features, please submit your ideas for Xen 3.4 to the xen-devel mailing list.