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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] large file support for lomount (for 32-bit dom0)


  • To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Xen-Devel (E-mail)" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:11:44 +0000
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  • Delivery-date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:12:16 -0800
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] large file support for lomount (for 32-bit dom0)

On 06/11/2009 21:56, "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since it is very helpful for recovering from an update to
> an in-guest kernel (which is often useful in xen development
> but probably also periodically useful to support xen distros), I'd
> propose that CONFIG_LOMOUNT get turned on by default in Config.mk.
> If we get complaints, it's easy enough to turn it back off later.

Another point is that it's almost certainly Linux-specific; at least the bit
that sets up the loopback mount. We could perhaps just get rid of
CONFIG_LOMOUNT and unconditionally build lomount on Linux only.

 -- Keir



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