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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] xen: initial domain support

To: Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] xen: initial domain support
From: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:14:48 -0700
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:16:31PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Hi all,
> this series implements the basic support needed to boot Linux as initial
> domain on Xen: the target is not to add full featured dom0 support in
> the kernel but to be able to boot Linux on Xen on native.

Nice, but what real use is this?

I thought people wanted dom0 support, this doesn't seem to give them
that.  Is that still the end-goal here, and this is merely a
stepping-stone to get there?

curious,

greg k-h

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