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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] reenable pygrub build

To: "Rik van Riel" <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Christian Limpach" <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] reenable pygrub build
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:02:34 +0100
Cc: Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > > I don't see how Xenolinux as a subarch of i386 could get 
> away with 
> > > NOT having the same build target as other i386 subarchs.
> > 
> > Because we are building something substantially different?
> 
> In distro packages, the Xen kernels are built as a variant on 
> normal i686 kernels.  The more the Xen kernels can be built 
> and packaged the same way as normal x86 kernels, the easier 
> it is for distributions to integrate Xen as a normal part of 
> their build...

I'm inclined to agree that user convenience of having a bzImage target
outweighs the technical oddity.

Ian

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