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Re: [Xen-devel] xl: drdb support

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xl: drdb support
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:12:13 +0000
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] xl: drdb support"):
> > sd[x] doesn't work at the moment, so I wouldn't add it to the document.
> > When (and if) it gets fixed then we can add it.
> 
> What you mean is that it doesn't work for HVM guests with current
> versions of qemu.
> 
> However it _does_ work with at least some PV guests, for example
> Linux 2.6.18.  Therefore it should be listed.

this is a quote from your document:

So for Linux PV guests, users are recommended to supply xvd* devices
only.  Modern PV drivers will map these to identically-named devices
in the guest.


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