[Xen-devel] RE: Default Xen Kernel Builds (was Re: Modules in domU kernel config?)

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

> > These days, most of the testing is on -xen kernels rather 
> than -xen0/U.
> The default xen-unstable builds -xen0 and -xenU kernels, so 
> as far as I know, no one around these parts is testing -xen 
> kernels.  If you believe that -xen0 / -xenU are deprecated, 
> it would be good to change the build defaults.

The binary tar balls and RPMs that are built nightly (and for each
release) have all been based around the -xen kernel (for over a year
now). 

I've suggested changing the defult when building from source to just
build -xen before, but a number of developers complained loudly about
the build times going up masively and the inconvenience of needing to
install modules etc. Every developer would end up with a local patch to
change the default etc.

Is it time to revist this? 
NB: we got caught out by this with the 3.0.0 release whereby a config
option enabled in -xen and not in -xen0 caused the "insufficient tx
headroom" bug that effected some configurations and hastened the relase
of 3.0.0-1

Ian

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