Bug#727736: Latest linux-image-686-pae fail to boot a xen domU

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 06:27 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 05:18:56AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > I think this is just like missing hardware support, which we consider an
> > important bug.  And it's also a regression in support.
> 
> There is no hardware involved.

If some relatively unchangeable VM environment can only boot
gzip-compressed kernels then using xz compression means we don't support
that 'hardware'.

> > I don't know whether it is important enough to justify using less
> > efficient compression, but AWS is a very popular platform.
> 
> AWS even provides pre-built PV-GRUB with support for XZ[1], so apart
> from a menu.lst nothing else is needed.

OK, so maybe we should provide a NEWS entry or other documentation that
this is now required.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Editing code like this is akin to sticking plasters on the bleeding stump
of a severed limb. - me, 29 June 1999