Re: RFC: xen config changes v4

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 01:02:03PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 09:17:36AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Hey Konrad, just a friendly reminder, the backend question for GPL
> > kernels interests me specially in light of recent events.
> 
> GPL kernels? Aren't all Linux kernels GPL?

I asked given some in theory some folks think they can use Linux
drivers on non GPL platforms.

> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> > > <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:
> > >> There was another reason. Some distros remove the CONFIG_XEN_DOM0 altogether
> > >> even thought they do enable the rest of the pieces (backends, frontends, etc).
> > >
> > > Interesting, what distros do this? Also when one does not have dom0
> > > what other forms are there to use Linux Xen backend drivers on GPL
> > > kernels (because obviously non-GPL kernels are not an option)?
> 
> FreeBSD (PVH - in progress) or NetBSD can run as initial domains.
> 
> The distro is Red Hat.

Why would Red Hat enable Linux Xen backend drivers without dom0?

  Luis