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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/3] domUloader

To: Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/3] domUloader
From: Kurt Garloff <garloff@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:21:22 +0100
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Hi Jeremy,

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 01:06:04PM -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> The other concern with mounting is that there have been some cases where
> changes to filesystems have broken reading new filesystems with older
> kernels.  It's a lot easier to get the library that supports more (and
> less has to be supported, so you're less likely to need to make changes)
> than to upgrade your kernel for dom0

I tend to disagree.
As the dom0 kernel drives the hardware and hardware drivers seems
to be the more prominent reason for moving to new kernel versions,
I would assume the dom0 kernel to be updated more likely than the
domU kernels.
And actually, filesystem forward compatibility is not that bad.

I'm not saying this can't be an issue, but I suspect it won't be
for most people.

Cheers,
-- 
Kurt Garloff, Head Architect, Director SUSE Labs (act.), Novell Inc.

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