Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/hotplug/Linux/init.d/: added other xen kernel modules on xencommons start

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 15:07 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Fabio Fantoni writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/hotplug/Linux/init.d/: added 
> other xen kernel modules on xencommons start"):
> > # HG changeset patch
> > # User Fabio Fantoni
> > # Date 1338467204 -7200
> > # Node ID 1f57503f10112718ecbbe424fa8fc9c55785f4c0
> > # Parent  dd7319230f4ac295b6d14ce2e2a3dccf82bb87d8
> > tools/hotplug/Linux/init.d/: added other xen kernel modules on 
> > xencommons start
> 
> This looks at least harmless to me.
> 
> I'm surprised, however, that these things aren't loaded automatically.
> For example, shouldn't the xenbus driver's enumeration automatically
> load blkback too ?

Yes it should, there is autoloading stuff for all the backends.

Not sure about gntalloc. I suspect not.

> 
> Having said that, I'm inclined to apply this unless someone 
> explains that it's a bad idea.
> 
> Ian.
> 
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