From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Doug Goldstein Subject: Re: deprecating pvgrub (grub-legacy) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 08:15:04 -0600 Message-ID: <56B8A2E8.5080908@cardoe.com> References: <56B667EA.7090106@cardoe.com> <56B89775.2090101@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6720735198275003406==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56B89775.2090101@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: David Vrabel , "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --===============6720735198275003406== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SIlQRLchTMTomNXMhjrv2rFudrCEhIMRR" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --SIlQRLchTMTomNXMhjrv2rFudrCEhIMRR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2/8/16 7:26 AM, David Vrabel wrote: > On 06/02/16 21:38, Doug Goldstein wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Given that pvgrub2 has been available for a while now and Ian did a go= od >> write up on the Xen blog of how to use it and a few downstream distros= >> are starting to pick it up as the way to boot Xen images. Plus most >> downstreams switching exclusively to grub2 usage is it time to mark >> pvgrub (grub-legacy) as deprecated in all the docs and source? Maybe >> after a few release cycles it would be broken out of the tree into its= >> own repo for anyone still interested in using it? >=20 > Why? This would do is make it harder to use for those that continue to= > need to use it (for booting older guests for example). >=20 > David >=20 I'm suggesting making it a separately build-able component. I'm suggesting stating its deprecated so people don't seem to be inclined to try and use it to boot modern distros. I still see people popping into #xen asking how to add grub-legacy bits into their CentOS 7 / Ubuntu 14.04 VMs since those distros use grub2 by default. You look all over the internet and it mostly says that Xen still uses grub-legacy (without ever really calling it grub-legacy or grub1). Just trying to get the default recommended path to match what current distros are shipping. --=20 Doug Goldstein --SIlQRLchTMTomNXMhjrv2rFudrCEhIMRR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJWuKLsXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRBNTM5MEQ2RTNFMTkyNzlCNzVDMzIwOTVB MkJDMDNEQzg3RUQxQkQ0AAoJEKK8A9yH7RvUTvYQAJSd5HbR3WDCYLcRk1eH0AC/ jHhNMVpHAt6Nnn5q187xsrr4/j+t6MNA3z4LpBZuw1EZ1NvHFLh/aKnAKfBinypF UB4X+TdEcZuBdZWuh4ncU1j7ljJqRmCRZQaVzj3IKQqvCbJZ5My0oKG4DfEiAljg rnABh2aa+vlR73tE/2/2/tz7nZPAmlQ+thaY+UzBjsda2VS0mXKA+gzSn89rJ0th zCHxnq2bps+X7UOlGDSfF2dWwJ+sXPC3m6JCahV0/dT7cC7Z98KB9d3tRs6IRZKl YHmiVb+PXANTGfIzvwma81UKigKGpDKEJ7vuPX1tLNQFeFkR025iT4eeETYIQEUq RSlqawFYZ02XHpxOdD1uCSaZOVRNp3tUhlAcUrr9xf35XUd+bs5J909oIrjWLJ1J I9imyUtAD2Uu/Q5Q21DMImLumRFBvXeQPF9EZyAIIq4R7CkY9q9UPpo5ZSafEzxM zIsmpXl7Z7Y+imHdznTaDjgqPfqn1Hhhaa0AXJVvfeSyg28o8Ktl62VE3KGVW3dS kutDBzOKFjCIPqZpj9XeKURr8Hx2ppsBK8a8Swuw+kK7foECudb+eETtyX/bTeVq 1OblPB7lOD1gRK+VFSX5/dY1w/5KxDKQePThym+T9TcsZU3YrYm3dJK3hmzScQX/ Tz5g6ucTcz2AfuuWViX2 =T/Ps -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SIlQRLchTMTomNXMhjrv2rFudrCEhIMRR-- --===============6720735198275003406== 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 --===============6720735198275003406==--