RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Guest boot loader support [1/2]

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Yep, it would be much better if we could hide this all in xend. 
> > Ideally, it should be possible to start a domain, then 
> connect to its 
> > console within the bootloader's timeout and be able to 
> interact with it.
> 
> If the console code is changing around, though, hooking up to 
> the current stuff might be more trouble than its worth.  
> Would be better in the long run, though.

I think Rik may have volunteered to take a look at the console stuff :-)

I actually think this is worth implementing right now, as it sets a key
requirement for the new console stuff -- it must be possible to steal a
guest console and inject a bootloader session. We might want something
similar in future for a gdb session too.
  
> > > - need to be able to configure the kernel to boot in the 
> domain config
> > >    when not using a console.
> > 
> > This would certainly be nice.
> 
> Already there, just change your default in the config.

Just to make sure, you mean the VM config, not the grub config, right?
Do you specify the label name, or the crappy grub menu number?

Ian

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