From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: RFC: xen config changes v4 Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:08:30 +0100 Message-ID: <20150306180830.GE25035@wotan.suse.de> References: <54F05550.2030106@suse.com> <54F064D1.8030604@suse.com> <54F07F6A.1080305@suse.com> <20150227182747.GB31457@l.oracle.com> <20150306180203.GG8510@l.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta14.messagelabs.com ([193.109.254.103]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1YTwfu-0007db-72 for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:08:38 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150306180203.GG8510@l.oracle.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: Juergen Gross , Stefano Stabellini , David Vrabel , Jan Beulich , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Boris Ostrovsky List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 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 wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > > > 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