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RE: [Xen-devel] RE: linux_boot_params in the vmx builder

To: "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx>, "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel List" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: linux_boot_params in the vmx builder
From: "Ling, Xiaofeng" <xiaofeng.ling@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:12:41 +0800
Cc: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>, "Li, Chengyuan" <chengyuan.li@xxxxxxxxx>, "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] RE: linux_boot_params in the vmx builder
If we want to have the feature of start vmx guest from a vbd disk
and mount it as root file system. Then we'd better keep the current function
of loading kernel directly.

Nakajima, Jun <> wrote:
> Keir Fraser wrote:
>> Now that we have proper 16-bit bootstrap support (in the form of
>> vmxassist/vmxloader), I assume there is no need or advantage to
>> directly boot native Linux kernels from xc_vmx_build?
>> 
>> If this is the case, can we please strip all the Linux-specific stuff
>> (mainly the Linux-specific boot parameters) out of xc_vmx_build.c?
>> 
>>   -- Keir
> 
> Yes, xc_vmx_build.c should be OS-agnostic, and those Linux-specific
> stuff should be removed. It's not good for Linux, either. 
> 
> Jun
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