RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Guest boot loader support [1/2]

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > Thanks for the patch. There are some issues that need sorting 
> out before we can apply it. Headlines here, some more detail 
> in-line below.
> 
> - the code only supports booting with the bootloader when 
> called from xm,
>    since xm is running the loader. For general use it needs 
> to support configuring
>    the bootloader in the domain config and have xend run it.

Yep, it would be much better if we could hide this all in xend. Ideally,
it should be possible to start a domain, then connect to its console
within the bootloader's timeout and be able to interact with it.
 
> - need to be able to configure the kernel to boot in the domain config
>    when not using a console.

This would certainly be nice.

> - it would be better to be able to remove the assumption that 
> the first
>    device is the disk to boot from

I could live with this. Crap PC BIOSes have conditioned everyone to
expect oddities like this :-)


Cheers,
Ian

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