RE: [Xen-devel] RFC/Patch: Support for other bootloaders

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

 > It just seems to me that extreme measures are being taken so that one
> can say that Xen changes are not required.  If this is going to be a
> blessed utility for booting Xen it is in effect a part of Xen, whether
> or not it is in the Xen bk repository, whether or not it is in the Xen
> code proper.  My opinion is that it's better to support it in a
> first-class way that to try to sweep it under the rug and pretend it
> doesn't exist.  
> 
> Regardless, mbootpack works just as well so go with it.

My current feeling is that since a wrapper program has to be required to
package the three items into two, we might as well put the complexity in
the wrapper rather than in Xen.   

If the wrapping wasn't required, your approach would clearly be better
[*]. As it stands, I don't think there's much in it, and mbootpack does
have the advantage that a bunch of people have used it successfully. 

Let's get mbootpack documented and checked into the main repository.

Ian

[*] would it possible to do something whereby the vmlinuz and initrd
image were simply cat'ed together? This might swing the balance the
other way from a userbility POV, not sure.



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