Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] build: save generated config in /boot

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] build: save generated config in 
/boot"):
> On 06.01.16 at 11:31, <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What is the preferred mechanism for determining from the contents of /boot
> > whether an XSM entry should be produced or not?
> 
> I don't think this can be inferred - iirc even an XSM-enabled build
> can be booted without unless in some kind of strict mode? IOW
> this needs to be configured on the host, not guessed by
> inspecting .config. (And as a side note, inspecting .config doesn't
> truly require .config to be on the boot partition, unless such
> inspection would happen at boot time, which I don't think is the
> case.)

Well, actually, it _can_ be inferred.  Therefore it should be.

Ian.

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