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Re: Fixes to Etch kernel for use in a Xen domain 0



On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 05:20:53PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> I'm not aware of any well-formed consensus yet - though there are
> several ideas. I'll caveat this by saying I don't follow Xen
> development at all, and didn't participate in the previous thread
> about this (very busy at the time), but I do think the approach that
> would be best for our users is to ship a 2.6.18-based kernel in
> lenny - aka, Bastian's Option 5:
>   http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/07/msg00476.html

What is the problem with Option 4?

> Since its neither a >= important bug for etch, nor obviously safe for
> existing installs, I don't think it'd be an option for 'etch'.

It is safe for existing installs. It only adds a new parameter which
changes the behavour if set.

> > If this is unacceptable (probably?) then are there any other
> > options/plans/ideas for providing an updated 2.6.18 domain 0 kernel? I
> > hear Bastian has a repo somewhere?
> Yeah, he maintains a branch under people/waldi, iirc. Not sure where
> the builds are though.

deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel/waldi/xen-extra all main

Bastian

-- 
You can't evaluate a man by logic alone.
		-- McCoy, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3

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