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Re: [Xen-users] Partially removing GPLPV drivers

To: "Matthieu Patou" <mat+Informatique.xen@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Partially removing GPLPV drivers
From: "Andrew Lyon" <andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:23:33 +0000
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Matthieu Patou
<mat+Informatique.xen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am facing this strange situation where disks access are quicker without
> GPLPV drivers.
> I was wondering if it's possible to desactivate the GPLPV driver for it or
> simply remove thoses drivers.
>
> Matthieu.
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Booting without /gplpv in boot.ini will deactivate the drivers, they
will be shown in device manager with a yellow "!" but that should not
cause any problems and you could leave them installed and disabled
until you figure out why disk is slower and want to enable them again.

Andy

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