Bug#577124: ITP: xen-unmodified-drivers -- Kernel drivers for paravirt-on-hvm devices

[Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>]

10.04.2010 00:09, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "C.J. Adams-Collier"<cjac@colliertech.org>
> Owner: "C.J. Adams-Collier"<cjac@colliertech.org>
>
> * Package name    : xen-unmodified-drivers
>    Version         : 3.4.3
>    Upstream Author : Xen developers<xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
> * URL             : http://www.xen.org/
> * License         : GPL
>    Programming Lang: C
>    Description     : Kernel drivers for paravirt-on-hvm devices
>
> Drivers for installation on HVM guests which provide access to the PV
> devices, including netfront, blkfront and scsifront

Isn't this already included in the stock kernel?
Or maybe it is better to wait for the next kernel
release which - hopefully - will include all the
missing bits?  The drivers aren't that problematic
as the pvops dom0, right?  I mean, is it worth to
create a separate package when something is already
in kernel and that something will improve to match
the to-be-packaged thing?

Not that I'm "against" or something, just... asking.

Thanks!

/mjt