Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mine should, if GRUB2 passes through Xen's command line.

 -- Keir

On 30/08/2009 17:22, "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've tested both options.
> 
> Chris's one works with Grub2, Keir's doesn't.
> Distro Ubuntu 9.10 Server (alpha 4.)
> 
> Thanks.
> Boris.
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/30/09, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu
>> 9.10 Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)
>> To: "Christian Tramnitz" <chris.ace@xxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>> <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 11:50 AM
>> 
>> On 30/08/2009 14:26, "Christian Tramnitz" <chris.ace@xxxxxxx
>> </mc/compose?to=chris.ace@xxxxxxx> > wrote:
>> 
>>> Afaik grub2 does not pass the boot parameters "root=/dev/sda2 ro
>>> console=tty0" to the kernel in multiboot/module combination. I have seen
>>> the same problem on gentoo/grub2 and also read about this before. (This
>>> is not really Xen specific, but multiboot related).
>> 
>> Okay, that would clearly be a GRUB regression I think. But there is a simple
>> enough less ugly workaround than you suggest...
>> 
>>> My workaround was to compile the kernel options as static cmdline into
>>> the kernel itself...
>> 
>> Better solution would be to append dom0's options to Xen's own command line,
>> separated by --. E.g.,
>> multiboot (hd0,1)/xen-3.4.gz console=tty -- root=/dev/sda2 ro console=tty0
>> 
>>  -- Keir
>> 
>> 
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