Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] build in SATA drivers to the -xen kernel for x86_64

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 Mar 2006, at 19:07, Sean Dague wrote:

> This patch adds in the SATA drivers that are supported in the -xen0 
> kernel.
> Because the default behavior of xen is to reboot on a dom0 crash (i.e. 
> not
> finding root filesystem), and the xen0 kernel supported SATA directly, 
> a
> number of people (including myself) got caught by the switch over.
>
> Long term, we probably want to modularize more of the kernel, and make
> initrd building more of the default, however this should ease people's
> transition from the -xen0 => -xen kernel for testing on x86_64.
If this is done at all, it should be done for i386 as well. I think 
it's debatable really -- -xen is supposed to be a modular kernel build. 
If people want stuff built in they should modify the config or use 
-xen0.
 -- Keir


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