Re: [Xen-devel] pygrub/hvm boot with alternate script= for block devices

[James Dingwall <james-xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2013-01-21 10:26, Roger Pau Monnà wrote:
> On 21/01/13 11:14, James Dingwall wrote:
> > On 2013-01-21 09:56, Roger Pau Monnà wrote:
> > > On 19/01/13 16:46, James Dingwall wrote:
> > > > I am doing some experimentation with xen and Ceph and have a 
> > > > problem
> > > > booting my guest when my disk = [] uses an alternate block script.
> > > > Installation from a .iso was ok since the boot device was a file 
> > > > but
> > > > now
> > > > trying to boot from the rbd neither the hvmbuilder or pygrub can
> > > > start
> > > > as they treat the first value after target= as the /dev node to 
> > > > try
> > > > and
> > > > use.
> > > Yes, this is known problem which I'm trying to solve with this
> > > series:
> > >
> > > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-12/msg01753.html
> > If these will apply on 4.2.1 then would you like any help testing 
> > these
> > patches? I can also try writing a block-rbd script with a similar
> > structure to the iscsi one that you propose in 10/10.
> Haven't tried applying them to 4.2.1 but there hasn't been changes in
> the device handling code since the release, so I would say that you
> should be able to apply them without much problem.
>
> If you prefer I can also publish the patches as a branch in my local 
> git
> repo, so you can fetch them easily (that will be based on top of 
> -unstable)
If this isn't too much effort for you then I can work (out how to work) 
with a git branch.
Regards,
James

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