Re: [PATCHES] 686-bigmem/Xen enabled netboot images
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
> On Sunday 13 July 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> > In this case I think adding them only where they are actually used is
>> > preferable. That would mean adding them in relevant files in
>> > linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6/modules/i386/ instead.
>>
>> In this specific case I disagree. Xen is going to be add on more
>> architectures in next releases and putting it on kernel-wedge makes
>> the update easier when this happen.
>
> IMO it will make absolutely no difference at all for the complexity of
> future updates.
>
> "Next releases" is the key here. I don't see that happening for Lenny. It
> really is more consistent with how we do other exceptions to not add
> these in kernel-wedge.
>
> It seems much more logical to keep it simple and focussed now and to
> reevaluate when we know what is needed when new arches can be added. What
> I want to avoid is the modules needlessly getting included in images for
> arches where the installer does not support Xen.
I think the found solution of having it together with the "new"
virtualization set is the best one. So I think we just need to get
your amd-related patch reviewed by someone with good knowledge about
amd and its details for go and apply this set.
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