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Re: [XenPPC] JS21/SLOF net boot commands

On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 11:27 -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 02:44 +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > > In a (server) production environment I would think it simpler to
> > > just boot using FW services directly (i.e. single image that has
> > > everything embedded).
> > 
> > Amen.  Simpler and _way_ more error-resilient.  Plus, you don't have
> > to care about any idiosyncrasies of any bootloader you otherwise would
> > have used.
> > 
> > So, please work towards having the main Xen kernel binary include the
> > dom0 binary.  Until you're there, there's some workarounds...
> 
> We already have Xen including the dom0 binary. It works, but it's lame.
> As Jimi says, pieces are far better.
> 

This really is a deployment/sysadmin issue.  It's not up to developers
to make a call as to what will be used.  However, we need to support the
widest feasible range of options to enable end-users administrators use
what is right for them.


-- 
Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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