RE: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Bootloader configuration

To:	"John Levon" <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	RE: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Bootloader configuration
From:	"Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:14:12 -0000
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> Bootloader interface
> --------------------
> 
> The Xen python code parses the 'kernel' value into 'method' 
> and 'params', then searches for a bootloader handler matching 
> 'method' as follows:
> 
>      /usr/lib/xen/boot/bootload-<method>
>      <auxbinpath>/bootload-<method>
>      /etc/xen/scripts/bootload-<method>
> 
> When found, the bootloader is invoked as follows:
> 
>      -b <bootdisk> -k <kernel's method-param> [-r <ramdisk's 
> method-param>] \
>         -d <disk1> [ -d <disk2> ... ]

In principle, I think invoking a binary to run the boot loader is
probably a good thing. It's quite possible we'll want to drop in new
guest-specific boot loader binaries. 

Ian

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