Bug#1061445: linux-image-6.7-cloud-amd64: Built CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK into kernel
On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 06:26:46PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Sorry, I have the feeling we talk past each other. I do not want to create
> an initrd. I want to boot *without* an initrd, and the only missing piece is
> building VIRTIO_BLK into the Linux kernel.
>
> Ubuntu also builds this into their “kvm” flavour [1].
>
> If you think, that is unnecessary, could you please elaborate, how I would
> achieve the goal with virtiofs?
The cloud kernel generally targets VM guests on the Microsoft Azure and
Amazon EC2 cloud environments, neither of which benefit from VIRTIO_BLK
driver being statically linked as you describe. I think that's the
primary reason for reluctance to make your requested change.
For background, the Azure and AWS clouds present well-defined device
models, making it straightforward for us to construct targeted kernel
configs for them.
noah
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