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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] kernel and xen parameters

from [Tristan Gingold]

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To:	Aron Griffis <aron@xxxxxx>, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] kernel and xen parameters
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Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:00:59 +0200
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Le Mardi 22 Août 2006 17:50, Aron Griffis a écrit :
> Alex Williamson wrote:  [Tue Aug 22 2006, 10:31:55AM EDT]
>
> >    What about adopting something more like what grub does and simply
> > provide vmm option on the vmm= line after the image file?  Something
> > like:
> >
> > image=xenlinuz
> >         label=xen
> >         vmm=xen.gz dom0_mem=2048M
> >         read-only
> >         append="root=/dev/sda2"
> >
> > It would be nice to even go a step further and do the same with kernel
> > parameters, removing the append line.  I think this would all have to be
> > done while maintaining backwards compatibility for the current method
> > though.  Thanks,
>
> If you're going to go that far, why not go the rest of the way and
> switch to grub.conf syntax entirely.  It makes distro support easier
> to implement.
Thank you but this is not the same amount of work!

Maybe a volunter to do egrub ?

Tristan.

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