From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Haigh Subject: Re: vnc=1 / pvgrub / close fb: backend at /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/xx/0 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:45:52 +1100 Message-ID: <54478AE0.1040604@crc.id.au> References: <544678FE.2000801@crc.id.au> <5446CF1D.6030307@crc.id.au> <1413968436.20604.53.camel@citrix.com> <20141022095906.GG3659@type.bordeaux.inria.fr> <5447829B.9050603@crc.id.au> <1413973894.23337.57.camel@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5996817332621790901==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1413973894.23337.57.camel@citrix.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: Ian Campbell Cc: Samuel Thibault , xen-devel@lists.xen.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --===============5996817332621790901== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mqePM6rTUFVLbT7i4GKVqpeElhU8K1IVS" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --mqePM6rTUFVLbT7i4GKVqpeElhU8K1IVS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 22/10/2014 9:31 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Wed, 2014-10-22 at 21:10 +1100, Steven Haigh wrote: >> It seems like thats the case sadly. We have always pushed people towar= ds >> pv-grub for that extra bit of security - but a world of documentation >> ignores the existence of pv-grub. As such, I doubt most people have ev= en >> stumbled across pv-grub. >=20 > I have an outstanding TODO to write a blog post about pvgrub2 and how t= o > use it, this stuff really does need to get better propagated. I would love to see this :) >> I remember talk of pygrub being phased out - but I don't recall to wha= t >> extent or what timeframe that is. >=20 > That's not the case, both pygrub and pvgrub[12] have their uses (that's= > not to say we wouldn't suggest people think very hard about using pygru= b > in their environment) It seems right now, anyone that uses VNC needs to use pygrub. Not exactly ideal - as I'd love to be pygrub free as well :) >>>> I've no idea for #1 though. >>> >>> I wonder too. >>> >>>> Oh, is this with pvgrub 1 (the thing which ships with Xen) or pvgrub= 2 >>>> (from the upstream grub project fairly recently)? Your logs hint tow= ards >>>> the former. >>> >>> Yes, the logs definitely look like mini-os, thus pvgrub 1. >> >> Yes, this is the Xen shipped pv-grub. I haven't found any mention of >> pvgrub 2 before - any links for that? I assume it can just be built an= d >> called from within the DomU config? >=20 > I think it's mostly ./configure --with-platform=3Dxen, followed by the > usual grub2 install steps. >=20 > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2013-11/msg00085.html has > an outline. Interesting. > Debian has a grub-xen-bin package in Jessie now but IIRC you are an RPM= > kinda guy. Yeah - I'll have to get some time to look over building this for an individual package - with the big thing of making sure it doesn't interfere with any installed system components. I do all my work on EL6 - so if anyone happens to have a starting point I can import, it would be appreciated ;) --=20 Steven Haigh Email: netwiz@crc.id.au Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 Fax: (03) 8338 0299 --mqePM6rTUFVLbT7i4GKVqpeElhU8K1IVS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUR4rgAAoJEEGvNdV6fTHcnRgP/jtLWmfqGn3zuOPlzO919S1N pwdYSFfytMx4D6TODs/aOsSEgvcRcP60Ou9DAbcoQiMs1qPzp0TkG/sB/JXaeZK+ P9HlN77D3pkFtkUU8p3/KUr00aNrq8p5d7ddv+Q6NwwXJCzYIHeK/tKKudUQtyoV ymJtW2iA5+Hq2DEkpvwG2mjHzSlP4/9cHLN6NGIaWkaQGC5NRipxp42lzJhEWOr+ zottzd4Q+GHAHu3sNl37WYv5PL+EAgD95b9Ax8nprDKa8rjjif5tmvoYxXfjY1y8 VlP0N9eHs9Ke0RuLeEMJo1Bkn1lmObAUfOMEHufMklCjtBbeOQfv59KFUhK+qiYH rK7gM58+52md5AMzqImhUdDy95+Tnwa3TV9STIrRYrK//BUT9+bICu4wM7n82i8p /SjDL2DqSqyGUiFERKf1JXZnUbnd67JxvugEGWUYYsYi3oINC9jw0zSesG/B4t4S rmuVd88y4CSMzC9pl2e0TIllE9O3FpGEmyZnn3wn2g2CqkoL1j6Zn/9tkLLWfdzG s7C0VMm3oIpblnzI0T8gMBtuEwRiUlRoHD4SSzWVWj/fqFkfzNJyyzRXBWUYjP4V KRpX9ryh1/a9MjiRYUrKwadNSLRDHL9DAJC/RZoCtklGGrDdbF4SK1hxLlHa7Sxg j72C9lyIjhskS7qBzzN1 =cjEK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mqePM6rTUFVLbT7i4GKVqpeElhU8K1IVS-- --===============5996817332621790901== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel --===============5996817332621790901==--