[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] large file support for lomount (for 32-bit dom0)
On 06/11/2009 22:11, "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Since it is very helpful for recovering from an update to >> an in-guest kernel (which is often useful in xen development >> but probably also periodically useful to support xen distros), I'd >> propose that CONFIG_LOMOUNT get turned on by default in Config.mk. >> If we get complaints, it's easy enough to turn it back off later. > > Another point is that it's almost certainly Linux-specific; at least the bit > that sets up the loopback mount. We could perhaps just get rid of > CONFIG_LOMOUNT and unconditionally build lomount on Linux only. Ah, now I see lomount was disabled by default in c/s 16742, which was by Ian Jackson and has a detailed changeset comment. It seems he thinks there are fine alternatives to lomount these days. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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