Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:26:26 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: replacing XENHVM kernel config with GENERIC + xenhvm.ko Message-ID: <1377721586.15553.15286097.0A171F06@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <521E4166.10703@freebsd.org> References: <521C3452.8080209@freebsd.org> <521E1AF7.8070905@citrix.com> <521E4166.10703@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2013, at 13:28, Colin Percival wrote: > Hi Roger, >=20 > On 08/28/13 08:44, Roger Pau Monn=E9 wrote: > > On 27/08/13 07:08, Colin Percival wrote: > >> 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. > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > Are your changes going to be integrated into HEAD in time for > 10.0-RELEASE? > (i.e., before the code freeze starts, 10 days from now?) >=20 This is important to me as well. I need to know what to help test if we have 10 days to nail this down. It will be embarrassing to not have XENHVM in GENERIC by 10.0.
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