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

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/hotplug/Linux/init.d/: 
added other xen kernel modules on xencommons start"):
> 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"):
> > > 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.

I have applied it.

But we should still try to fix the upstream kernels not to need it.

Thanks,
Ian.

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