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RE: [Xen-users] Kernel compile question

To: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Kernel compile question
From: "Ian Tobin" <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:22:49 +0100
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Thanks for that :)

Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:fajar@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 11 June 2009 10:21
To: Ian Tobin
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Kernel compile question

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Ian Tobin<itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was just wondering when compiling the kernel is it best to do the
bits as
> modules or built-in ?

It depends :)

Some xen-hosting providers only allow users to only use their kernel.
If you're one of those hosting providers, then you'd want to compile
everyting built-in. If you want to put kernel on dom0, you'd probably
want to go this route.

Some distro maintainers (e.g. Redhat) opt for
almost-everyting-is-a-module. One of the reasons is to avoid wasting
memory from unused drivers. If you want to user kernel on domU (loaded
with pygrub), you'd probably want to go this route.

-- 
Fajar



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