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Re: [Xen-devel] [Q]Which part of Xen is in slated for 2.6.23 kernel rele

To: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [Q]Which part of Xen is in slated for 2.6.23 kernel release?
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:38:40 +0100
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On 21/7/07 19:24, "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Yes. In fact the paravirt_ops framework means that you can build a single
>> kernel that will work natively or on Xen (or on VMware or lguest or ...).
> 
> I thought that with this initial merge, we stll had to build separate
> images for bare metal vs Xen paravirt because of the way Linux uses
> the bzImage, while Xen is in ELF format ? Or has this bootup difference
> already been resolved ?

Actually yes, it's still in progress. So currently it is true that you can
target native or Xen from a single *build*, but you then take different
image files (vmlinux vs bzImage).

 -- Keir


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