Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:44:55 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=E9?= <roger.pau@citrix.com> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" <freebsd-xen@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CFT: replacing XENHVM kernel config with GENERIC + xenhvm.ko Message-ID: <521E1AF7.8070905@citrix.com> In-Reply-To: <521C3452.8080209@freebsd.org> References: <521C3452.8080209@freebsd.org>
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On 27/08/13 07:08, Colin Percival wrote: > Hi all, > > I've attached a patch which eliminates the XENHVM kernel configuration and > instead allows FreeBSD to run under Xen/HVM with PV drivers by loading a > new xenhvm.ko module from the boot loader. This will mean that FreeBSD > virtual machines running under Xen/HVM will be able to run "straight off > the ISO" binaries; this will also mean they will be able to use FreeBSD > Update to update the kernel. > > I have spent about 10 minutes testing this in Amazon EC2. Please help me > out by doing some more testing. ;-) Hello Colin, I'm sorry to say this, but I'm not sure this is the best way to move forward, I would prefer to just have the files merged directly into the GENERIC kernel rather than having to load a module. Also with the PVHVM changes I've posted earlier I'm modifying some common files, which cannot be put into a module, so it makes me wonder if it's worth it to have some Xen specific code into a module while the rest of it is already integrated into GENERIC. Roger.
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