From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Murillo Bernardes Subject: Re: [PATCH] build in SATA drivers to the -xen kernel forx86_64 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:01:47 -0300 Message-ID: <200603301201.48060.mfb@br.ibm.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Cc: Ian Pratt , Sean Dague List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wednesday 29 March 2006 17:40, Ian Pratt wrote: > > This patch adds in the SATA drivers that are supported in the > > -xen0 kernel. > > Because the default behavior of xen is to reboot on a dom0 > > crash (i.e. not finding root filesystem), and the xen0 kernel > > supported SATA directly, a number of people (including > > myself) got caught by the switch over. > > myself also > > Long term, we probably want to modularize more of the kernel, > > and make initrd building more of the default, however this > > should ease people's transition from the -xen0 => -xen kernel > > for testing on x86_64. > > Is it even possible to boot a modern distro without an initrd? Most > require an initrd for udev/console stuff. > Surely it's possible. I have debian and gentoo running without a initrd. > I'd certainly like to see a patch (and clear documentation) that helps > users with building an appropriate initrd. > It would be good, but be able to boot without an initrd too is really better. > [I'd wouldn't mind seeing a couple of common SATA controllers included > in the -xen config anyhow.] -- Murillo Fernandes Bernardes IBM Linux Technology Center