Bug#402969: linux-image-2.6.18-3-xen-686: blktab driver for XEN is disabled

[Philip Frei <pjf@gmx.de>]

Hi Bastian,

>> Without these driver I must use the deprecated loopback-mounted 
>> file-backed VBDs ... see point 6.2.1 of the XEN user.pdf.

> No, you don't need to.

Using the blktap based method it the recommended way of using
file-backed VBDs. And the Xen user documentation tells:

"Note that loopback file-backed VBDs may not be appropriate for backing
I/O-intensive domains."

Is there any possibility of using the blktap method without the driver?

Regards

Philip.