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Re: [Xen-users] Basic Question



On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 02:12:05PM +0100, Shahzad Chohan wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Thanks for the reply it was really informative.
> 
> If I use the create a config in /etc/xen and refer to say kernel
> ="/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4xenU" where do I add extra flags
> during bootup, i.e selinux=0. Do I add it to the end of this line
> like:
> 
> kernel ="/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4xenU selinux=0" or do I need
> to add to a grub.conf file in the domU?

I think you can use the root="" directive of the xen configuration file, e.g:
kernel="bla"
[...]
root="selinux=0 [...]"

Never did that, but that should work (as the root=-device stuff is normally
just passed as an argument to linux kernels)

> 
> Thanks
> Shaz
> 
> On 6/15/05, Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Whats the difference between the xenU and xen0 kernel. Is there a
> > > technical difference, does this relate to how xen works? Can some one
> > > please give me a little summary of how it works.
> > 
> > The xen0 kernel contains all the drivers required to run in a domU
> > (unprivileged guest) *and* all the drivers required to run in dom0 (i.e.
> > privileged command interface, device drivers for the real hardware, etc.).
> > This'll run in *any* domain.
> > 
> > The xenU kernel contains only the drivers required to run in a domU - no
> > privileged command interface, no drivers for real hardware.  The only
> > practical difference is that this kernel is a few hundred kilobytes smaller
> > but can only run in domUs.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Mark
> >
> 
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