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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Recover from corrupt tdb on reboot

To: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Recover from corrupt tdb on reboot
From: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:54:29 +0000
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On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 07:08:59AM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:

> >> That's exactly what we're doing in Fedora 9, but this patch was really
> >> for the benefit of any existing deployment who might not want to change
> >> their setup for TDB storage. If we want to switch xen-unstable to use
> >> tmpfs by default, then this patch would likely be unnecessary....
> > 
> > Keir, others? Given that xenstored restartability is quite some way off?
> 
> I think this patch is sensible given where we are with xenstored right now.
> Not everyone might want to run with xenstored's tdb on tmpfs.

Can you think of someone who might not, and what reason they would have?

regards
john

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