RE: Disk naming (Was Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Guest boot loadersupport[1/2])

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I'd prefer not to complicate blkback, unless something's
fundamentally wrong with the design of the loopback device. Anyone know
about this? The trick with this kind of thing is avoiding deadlock under
low memory situations... 
> This brings up a really interesting point.  Is there a good 
> story yet for how more complex devices can be created on 
> driver domains?  For instance, how would you create an iSCSI 
> device that existed on a driver domain (or is this something 
> that wouldn't be all that useful)?
> 
> Can we assume an rexec capability between dom0 and a driver domain?

I was anticipating a scheme whereby we use a second console connection
to drive a tiny initrd in a driver domain.

Ian

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