Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 05/17] SUPPORT.md: Toolstack core

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/27/2017 02:39 PM, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 02:12:40PM +0000, George Dunlap wrote:
>> On 11/27/2017 11:43 AM, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 07:20:12PM +0000, George Dunlap wrote:
>>>> For now only include xl-specific features, or interaction with the
>>>> system.  Feature support matrix will be added when features are
>>>> mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> CC: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> CC: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> CC: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> CC: Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> CC: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  SUPPORT.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md
>>>> index 5945ab4926..df429cb3c4 100644
>>>> --- a/SUPPORT.md
>>>> +++ b/SUPPORT.md
>>>> @@ -96,6 +96,44 @@ Requires hardware virtualisation support (Intel VMX / 
>>>> AMD SVM)
>>>>  
>>>>  ARM only has one guest type at the moment
>>>>  
>>>> +## Toolstack
>>>> +
>>>> +### xl
>>>> +
>>>> +    Status: Supported
>>>> +
>>>> +### Direct-boot kernel image format
>>>> +
>>>> +    Supported, x86: bzImage
>>>
>>> ELF is missing here.
>>>
>>>> +    Supported, ARM32: zImage
>>>> +    Supported, ARM64: Image
>>>> +
>>>> +Format which the toolstack accept for direct-boot kernels
>>>> +
>>>> +### systemd support for xl
>>>
>>> BSD-style init is also supported.
>>
>> Is that different than SysV init?
> 
> It seems so but I'm no expert. The FreeBSD handbook states [0]:
> 
> "Many Linux(c) distributions use the SysV init system, whereas FreeBSD
> uses the traditional BSD-style init(8). Under the BSD-style init(8),
> there are no run-levels and /etc/inittab does not exist. Instead,
> startup is controlled by rc(8) scripts."
> 
> So if systemd and SysV are listed, BSD-style init should also be
> listed.

Got it, thanks.

 -George

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