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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][RESEND]Nvram patch for IA64

To: "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Yu, Ke" <ke.yu@xxxxxxxxx>, "Christian Limpach" <christian.limpach@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][RESEND]Nvram patch for IA64
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:23:17 -0000
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> > The data is dynamic, so I am afraid it is hard to store 
> NVRAM data in 
> > domain config.
> 
> There must be a possible static good configuration to allow 
> you to boot Oses you care about? Do changes happen during 
> guest execution that you really care about preserving across reboots?

Further, storing it in a file will create compilcations when we move to
running qemu in stub domains -- we'll need a way of passing it across
xenbus. 


Ian

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