[xen-tools-discuss] Re: Patch for support xvc0

[Steve Kemp]

On Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 17:56:10 -0300, Miguel Filho wrote:

> I've made some changes to xen-tools to make it build a 100% Xen 3.2
> Debian Etch system.

  Great!

> Is it possible to merge it, or any thoughts about it? Works to me.

  I think your solution is a nice one, but I'm not going to merge it
 for two reasons:

  1.  That change *mandates* the new xvc0 naming system, which
     means it will only work for people running "new" xen versions,
     not those running both "new" and "old".

  2.  There is already support for this in the most recent code:

  xen-tools.conf

  #  If you're using a newer version of the Xen guest kernel you will
  # need to make sure that you use 'xvc0' for the guest serial device,
  # and 'xvdX' instead of 'sdX' for serial devices.
  #
  #  You may specify the things to use here:
  #
  # serial_device = tty1 #default
  # serial_device = xvc0
  #
  # disk_device = sda  #default
  # disk_device = xvda

  But I would like to thank you for thinking of the list, and offering
 to share your changes with us.  Too often people make little changes
 and never send them in.

Steve
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