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RE: [Xen-devel] -xen config...

To: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] -xen config...
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:14:22 +1100
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> > Is there any reason that ext2 is set as 'y' while ext3 is set
> > as 'm'? It seems to me that they (and the other 'common'
> > filesystems) should be the same...
> 
> I agree this is pretty odd. The -xen config was based on one for a
> distro kernel, so I think it's standard practice.
> 
> Can anyone put forward a good reason not to compile ext3 in?

Or to exclude ext2 and make everything modular? If you include ext3 then
you probably should be asking do we include xfs, reiser, jfs, etc.

For the tiny amount of administration that an initial ramdisk incurs, it
does buy you a fair bit of flexibility, including the ability to
function as a recovery boot environment if things go sour.

James

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