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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] configure: set blktap2 availability
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:46:08 +0200
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On 19/06/14 18:41, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 19/06/14 17:32, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
>> blktap2 will be enabled by default on Linux systems only, also give
>> the oportunity to disable it from configure.
> 
> I think it should be disabled by blktap2 on Linux as well.  It requires
> a non-upstream driver to work.

This was my original intention, but after discussion with Ian C he felt
that it would be better to leave it out of the FreeBSD support series:

http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=140204739305306

If there's consensus about disabling blktap2 globally I can send a patch
for it, but I would prefer to leave it out of the FreeBSD support series.

Roger.