Re: [Xen-devel] RFC: xen config changes v4

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 09:17:36AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Hey Konrad, just a friendly reminder, the backend question for GPL
> kernels interests me specially in light of recent events.

GPL kernels? Aren't all Linux kernels GPL?

> 
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> > <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> There was another reason. Some distros remove the CONFIG_XEN_DOM0 
> >> altogether
> >> even thought they do enable the rest of the pieces (backends, frontends, 
> >> etc).
> >
> > Interesting, what distros do this? Also when one does not have dom0
> > what other forms are there to use Linux Xen backend drivers on GPL
> > kernels (because obviously non-GPL kernels are not an option)?

FreeBSD (PVH - in progress) or NetBSD can run as initial domains.

The distro is Red Hat.

> >
> >> Which begs the question - why do we care about DOM0 at all.
> >
> > For the distros that do care about dom0? Not sure what those..

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