[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 6] pygrub fixes to support a Fedora 16 guest
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 07:22:46AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote: > Please, back port to xen-4.1-testing.hg. > Yep, this pygrub patch series is already in xen-unstable.hg, and it should be backported to xen-4.1-testing.hg aswell, so upcoming Xen 4.1.3 will support F16 PV domUs. (It's already included in Michael's Fedora 16 xen rpms, and works well there.) -- Pasi > > --- On Wed, 10/19/11, M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 6] pygrub fixes to support a Fedora 16 > guest > To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: "Ian Campbell" <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 7:02 PM > > This series contains patches that may be needed to allow pygrub to boot > a Fedora 16 guest. > > By default, Fedora 16 has GPT partitions and uses grub2. The first GPT > partition is a grub2 boot partition to store the grub2 code. The second > GPT partition contains the /boot filesystem with the kernel and > initramfs files and grub2 configuration files. The remaining space is an > LVM partition containing the remaining file systems. > > The first patch allows pygrub to check all the GPT partitions, rather > than just the first. This is a repost of the patch I submitted a few > days ago with a slightly edited introductory text. > > The second patch allows pygrub to find the grub2 configuration file > which are in the /boot/grub2 directory on Fedora 16. > > The third patch allows pygrub to handle partition references such as > (hd0,gpt2) which occur in the Fedora 16 grub2 configuration file. > > The fourth patch allows pygrub to parse grub2 configuration files with > sub menus by ignoring the submenu line and the corresponding } line. A > default Fedora 16 grub2 configuration file doesn't have sub menus but > they do occur if the xen hypervisor is installed on the guest. > > The fifth patch allows pygrub to parse grub2 configurations with the > line > set default="${saved_entry}" > which can occur in the Fedora 16 grub2 configuration file. > > The final patch adds a sample Fedora 16 grub2 configuration file > containing the problems fixed by patches 3,4 and 5. > > Michael Young > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > [1]Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [2]http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > References > > Visible links > 1. file:///mc/compose?to=Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 2. http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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