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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH] docs: Block numbering and naming specificat

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH] docs: Block numbering and naming specification
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:01:40 +0100
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [RFC, PATCH] docs: Block numbering and naming 
> specification"):
> > moderm PV-on-HVM drivers will map the hd* devices to /dev/xvd* etc., so
> > "hda1" in the config file results in /dev/xvda1 in the guest.
> 
> So what happens if you specify both hda and xvda in the domain config
> file ?  The document as currently written seems to contemplate this as
> a reasonable configuration.
 
the kernel won't boot but blkfront will print a warning about the problem

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